Where are the “rights” in SRHR?

Abstract

The impetus to write this editorial came from a commentary written by the late Professor Jonathan Mann and Deborah Maine in 19851 , the mentors and advocates of this journal, when they asked the question “where is the M in MCH?” That editorial arose from the global tendency at the time to ignore programming and policies on maternal health but rather to concentrate on child health despite the global joint composition of maternal and child health as a critical determinant outcome. The editorial led to the re-ordering of policies, research, and programs to focus on maternal health, especially in low-income countries where the paradigm had been largely exclusive.