Behind every healthy child is a healthy mother

Operating in some of the poorest countries of the world, private voluntary organizations (PVOs) have long-recognised the essential linkage between maternal health and child survival. For the past 15 years, PVOs have integrated maternal health and family planning components into existing child survival programs. This report attempts to make clear the connections between maternal health interventions, family planning, and child survival; to consider the benefits and challenges of implementing an integrated approach to child survival; and to offer examples of what successful family planning and maternal health interventions in the context of a child health program look like in practice.