An intersectional analysis of maternal mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa: a human rights issue

Unveiling respectful maternity care as a way to address global inequities in maternal health

“…Scholars suggest framing maternal mortality from the perspective of fundamental human rights to foster accountability in the move to ending preventable maternal deaths. 11 12 Eventually, the human rights approach to maternal health marked the juncture of RMC as the Universal Rights of Childbearing Women which evolved under the leadership of the White Ribbon Alliance. 13 WHO’s Strategies Toward Ending Preventable Maternal Mortality that were introduced in 2015 calls for health systems not to neglect RMC while endeavouring to deliver effective clinical interventions.…”

Research priorities in maternal and neonatal health in Africa: results using the Child Health and Nutrition Research Initiative method involving over 900 experts across the continent

“…There is a need for better diagnostics and detection of high-risk newborn and maternal conditions to allow for these conditions to be managed within a slowly reacting healthcare system 27 – 29 . It is important to emphasize that maternal mortality should be considered as a human rights issue, to strengthen the African system's jurisprudence and legal frameworks 30 , 31 including multisectoral participation of interest groups like human rights non-governmental organizations 31 for us to achieve the desired outputs.…”

Tackling dementia globally: the Global Dementia Prevention Program (GloDePP) collaboration

“…They caution readers about the effect that these differences might have on the ways in which dementia is experienced and care is provided. Calia et al [13], Nitrini et al [7], Parra et al [14], Wang et al [15], and Watermeyer & Calia [16] discuss the cultural, educational, and linguistic biases in commonly used neuropsychological tools that are used for detecting cognitive impairments. They highlight the effect these issues have on research opportunities and clinical practice in non-English speaking and illiterate populations, especially in LMICs.…”

“…As an immediate solution, making use of established neuropsychological tools for detecting cognitive impairments, Wang et al [15] describe a process for selecting and creating normative values for a set of established neuropsychological tests for measuring mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and Alzheimer’s disease in the Chinese Neuropsychological Normative Project (CN-NORM) . This has important implications for expanding the epidemiological evidence on dementia and MCI in LMICs.…”