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ReviewActa paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992)2026

Equity and Respect in Maternal and Infant Healthcare-A Report From the 2025 Venice Forum.

Mark Hanson, Ariadne Malamitsi-Puchner, Flavia Bustreo, Gian Carlo Di Renzo, Hema Divaker, Joseph Haddad, Rajat Khosla, Anne Kihara, Donna Ockenden, Sandra Oyarzo-Torres and 6 more

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Review in Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors.

Mark HansonHuman Development and Health; British Heart Foundation Professor of Cardiovascular Science, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK.
Ariadne Malamitsi-PuchnerPaediatrics and Neonatology, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, 3rd Department of Paediatrics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9043-1573
Flavia BustreoLancet Commission on Gender Based Violence and Maltreatment of Young People, Geneva, Switzerland.
Gian Carlo Di RenzoObstetrics and Gynaecology, PREIS International and European School of Perinatal, Neonatal and Reproductive Medicine, Florence, Italy.
Hema DivakerObstetrics and Gynaecology, Divakar Speciality Hospital, Bengaluru, India.
Joseph HaddadInternational Paediatric Association, Geneva, Switzerland.
Rajat KhoslaPartnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Hosted by the World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
Anne KiharaDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Nairobi, University Way, Nairobi, Kenya.
Donna OckendenIndependent Maternity Review at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nottingham, UK.
Sandra Oyarzo-TorresMaternity, Departamento de Educación en Ciencias de la Salud, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
Camilla PicklesDurham Law School, The Palatine Centre, Durham University, Durham, UK.
Lesley ReganObstetrics and Gynaecology, Imperial College London, London, UK.
Jennifer Harris RequejoJohns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Agnès SoucatHealth and Social Protection Division, Agence Française de Développement, Paris, France.
Kate WomersleyCollege of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
Neena ModiNeonatal Medicine, Section of Neonatal Medicine, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, Chelsea and Westminster Campus, London, UK.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aimTo examine equity and respectful care for women and infants from five perspectives: the global context; economic issues; healthcare systems; legal and policy issues; opportunities to benefit from biomedical research.

methodsNarrative review.

resultsHealthcare accounts for half the variance in health in low-income countries and substantially less in high-income settings; however, healthcare investment remains efficient and equitable. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) affects women and infants disproportionately. Women undertake the major proportion of domestic and childcare duties including breastfeeding as unremunerated labour. This is not factored into GDP, so they do not benefit from growth-promoting incentives. Many countries do not provide adequate paid parental leave, nor the option of sharing leave with the non-birthing parent, despite their positive impacts on infant wellbeing and family cohesion with economic benefits. The rights of infants have received little attention. Women and infants have less opportunities to benefit from biomedical preclinical, translational, and population research. Only one medicine has been developed specifically for a neonatal disease (surfactant).

conclusionInequity and disrespect to mothers and infants is a barrier to human progress. Recognising the problem and developing policies and legislation to ensure equitable and respectful care, as well as monitoring effectiveness, are extremely important.

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Health EquityInfant HealthRespectFemaleHumansInfantInfant, Newbornequity and respectful caregross domestic product and unremunerated labourmaternal and infant healthcareopportunities to benefit from biomedical researchpaid parental leave

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PMCPMC13460912

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