The continuing collaboration between Maternal Health Task Force (MHTF) at Harvard School of Public Health and PLOS Medicine is reflected in this latest collection highlighting the theme, "Integrating Health Care to Meet the Needs of the Mother–Infant Pair". Our shared commitment to increasing the evidence base for approaches to improving maternal health has built a platform of research and commentary articles as featured in the preceding Year 1 & Year 2 collections.
This year's theme was chosen with the aim to contribute to a better understanding of how and when to comprehensively integrate maternal and infant health care. This includes conditions such as HIV, malaria, exposure to environmental risks, and other situations that have a significant impact on both maternal and infant health.
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