Journal article
Maternal, newborn, and child health and the Sustainable Development Goals-a call for sustained and improved measurement [Comment]
published 17 October 2015
published 17 October 2015
Although the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) sparked an increase in data collection, most countries still do not have timely data about how many of the women, adolescents, children, and newborns who need effective interventions are receiving them. This is unacceptable, and the global health community can do better.
This paper was written by measurement experts, known as The Kirkland Group, which met at Kirkland, WA, USA, in May 2015, to discuss how to improve meausrement for women, adolescents, children and newborns in the face of the new Sustainable Development Goals.
The authors of the paper suggest a measurement system based on several key principles:
Grove, J; Claeson, M; Bryce, J; Amouzou, A; Boerma, T; Waiswa, P; Victora, C; Kirkland Group; Amouzou, A; Banerjee, A; Blanchard, J; Boerma, T; Bryce, J; Claeson, M; El Arifeen, S; Fournier, S; Goode, C; Grove, J; Guenther, T; Hay, K; Levin, C; Marchant, T; Mason, E; Moran, A; Nigussie, A; Requejo, J; Restrepo, MC; Semrau, K; Somers, K; Victora, C; Waiswa, P; Walker, N; (2015) Maternal, newborn, and child health and the Sustainable Development Goals–a call for sustained and improved measurement. Lancet, 386 (10003). pp. 1511-4.