A crisis of accountability for women's, children's, and adolescents' health

Type Journal Article Author Joy Phumaphi Author Elizabeth Mason Author Nicholas Kojo Alipui Author Jovana Ríos Cisnero Author Carol Kidu Author Brenda Killen Author Giorgi Pkhakadze Author Gita Sen Author Alicia Ely Yamin Author Shyama Kuruvilla URL https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)31520-8/abstract Series Comment Volume 396 Issue 10246 Pages 222-224 Publication The Lancet ISSN 0140-6736, 1474-547X Date 12/07/2020 Extra Publisher: Elsevier PMID: 32673598 Journal Abbr The Lancet DOI 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)31520-8 Library Catalog www.thelancet.com Language English Abstract Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, global progress towards the 2030 Every Woman Every Child (EWEC) Global Strategy for Women's, Children's and Adolescents' Health targets to save the lives of women and children was already lagging by around 20%.1 Now, the global pandemic is making a bad situation even worse, as some countries divert resources away from essential services.