Beyond survival

Two alarming and consequential truths were exposed and exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. First, a global mental health crisis endangers the well-being of families, communities, countries, and the personnel that support them. This crisis has particularly damaging implications for adolescents, pregnant and postpartum women, mothers, and health care workers Second, improvements in the health, survival, and well-being of pregnant, childbearing, and postpartum women around the world have stalled. A recent global report found that the much-celebrated improvements in maternal mortality ratios have, in fact, stagnated or worsened in sub-Saharan and Northern Africa, Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand); Western, Eastern, and South-Eastern Asia; Europe and Northern America; and Latin America and the Caribbean between 2016 and 2020 The evidence clearly shows that the mental health and survival of pregnant and postpartum women have been sidelined

Maternal morbidity · Mental health · Pregnancy · Psychiatry · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions · Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology

• Development and Validation of an Antenatal Screening Proforma for Psychosocial Concerns in Indian Women

  Open Access•Shreya Agarwal, Shyamala Guruvare et al.•Indian Journal of Psychological…•2026

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• The quality of intrapartum care during stillbirth deliveries in conflict-affected Nigeria and Democratic Republic of Congo

  Open Access•Rosine Bigirinama, Emilia Iwu et al.•Global Public Health•2026

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• Family systems care approaches and methodologies for maternal, newborn and child health in low- and middle-income countries

  Open Access•Christina Schuler, George Edward Ntow et al.•Global Health Action•2025

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• Does Marriage Benefit Maternal Mental Health? New Evidence from Nairobi, Kenya

  Open Access•Madhavan, Estelle Monique Sidze et al.•Journal of Health and Social…•2025

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• Moms Are Not OK

  Open Access•Margie H Davenport, Sarah Meyer et al.•Frontiers in Global Women's Health•2020

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• Non-psychotic mental disorders in the perinatal period

  Open Access•Louise M Howard, Emma Molyneaux et al.•The Lancet•2014

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• Disrespect and abuse as a predictor of postnatal care utilisation and maternal-newborn well-being

  Open Access•Nicole Minckas, Lu Gram et al.•BMJ Global Health•2021

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• The development of an ultra-short, maternal mental health screening tool in South Africa

  Open Access•Thandi van Heyningen, Landon Myers et al.•Cambridge Prisms Global Mental…•2019

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• Gender Transformative Interventions for Perinatal Mental Health in Low and Middle Income Countries—A Scoping Review

  Open Access•Archana Raghavan, Veena A Satyanarayana et al.•International Journal of…•2022

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