When you think of efforts to reduce maternal mortality, it’s natural to look to governments, the United Nations, the World Health Organization and other national and international bodies charged with responding to global health challenges.
And in many ways you would be right; but that’s not the full picture. It turns out that private health providers and local health businesses — an overlooked source of healthcare in much of the developing world — may also be important partners in the global push to end preventable maternal deaths.