Research

The programme is supporting research concentrated in five developing countries. These are Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Malawi and Nepal. It focuses on ways to improve mother and infant care at both the facility and community levels.

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Research themes

Towards 4+5 research is organised in four key themes:

  • Levels and trends in maternal and newborn mortality and morbidity
  • Improving maternal and newborn health services
  • Working with communities to improve maternal and newborn health
  • Evaluating the effectiveness of micronutrient interventions
We are also working on two cross-cutting themes:

Current projects

Consortium research projects include: