These initiatives were later merged, initially as the Safe Childhood and Safe Motherhood Program (CSSM, 1992) and then as the Reproductive and Child Health Program (RCH I, 1997 2005), as it was realized that improving maternal health is imperative to improving child health (19).
Hence, in order to better understand the role of pediatric primary health providers in detection and management of maternal depression, it is imperative to investigate this role within the context of the quality and effectiveness of the primary health care system as such.
Improving women's access to quality health care during pregnancy and infant and children's access to essential health care services is imperative for improved maternal and child health.
Removing financial barriers to facility birth and improving access to emergency obstetric care (EmOC) is imperative to reducing maternal deaths.
8 Given the health risks of obesity, weight reduction is imperative to improve maternal health, pregnancy, and perinatal outcomes.
The nature of maternal health services makes it imperative that financially sustainable strategies are put in place to ensure access.
The finding that late referral of patients from health facilities occurred in almost a third of all deaths indicates that improving the quality of care in the referring facilities is imperative for better maternal survival in this setting.
Understanding the enormity and nature (i.e., risk factors) of antenatal depression is imperative to improve maternal mental health in order to achieve Millennium Development Goals 5 and 4 of promoting health and well-being of mother and child, respectively.
This study underscores the imperative of utilising both maternal and paternal education as screening variables to identify children at risk of missing measles vaccination prospectively.
As we begin to examine the impact of EVD on maternal and newborn health it is imperative we consider how to rebuild trust in the healthcare system.
