Center for Global Health and Development

Deborah Maine is an epidemiologist with a background in anthropology. She has been working in the area of women's reproductive health in developing countries for nearly 30 years, most of them at the School of Public Health at Columbia University. For the last 20 years she has focused on maternal mortality and morbidity. During that time, she directed two international programs: The Prevention of Maternal Mortality Program, funded by the Carnegie Corporation, which had 11 multidisciplinary teams in West Africa; and The Averting Maternal Death and Disability Program, funded by the Gates Foundation, which supported projects in more than 50 countries.

In June 2005, Dr. Maine joined the faculty of Boston University's School of Public Health as Professor of International Health, where she is focusing on international women's health, gender and health, and the evidence base of health policies.

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A. Rosenfield, D. Maine, L. Freedman. "Meeting MDG-5: An Impossible Dream ?"  Lancet; 368:1133-34, 2006.

D. Maine, A. Paxton, P.  Bailey, G. Patterson.  "Research Note: Estimating Maternal Deaths Averted: A Field-Based Methodology."  International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology; 89: 218-220, 2005.

A. Paxton, D. Maine, L. Freedman, D. Fry,  S. Lobis.  "The Evidence Base for Emergency Obstetric Care."  International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology; 88(2):181-193, 2005. 

 D. Maine, "Quality of Care in Institionalized Deliveries: The Paradox of the Dominican Republic." International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics, 82, 87-88, 2003.

  D. Maine and K.  Stamas, "Maternal Mortlaity." In Encyclopedia of Population, Vol. 2, P. Demeny and G. McNicoll, eds, Macmillan, New York, 628-631, 2003.

  D. Maine and A. Rosenfield, "The AMDD Program: History, Focus and Structure." International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics, 74, 99-103, 2001.

  D. Maine, "How Do Socioeconomic Factors Affect Disparities in Maternal Mortality?" Journal of the American Medical Women's Association, 56(4):189-192, 2001.

   D. Maine, "The Role of Nutrition in Obstetric Care, Including Prevention of Toxemia," ?American Journal of Clinical Nutrition , 72(Suppl):298S-300S, 2000.

    D. Maine, "Has Maternal Health Care Become Too Medicalizied?" Sexual and Reproductive Health: Recent Advances, future Directions, Vol. 2, CP Puri and PFA Van Look, eds. New Age International, New Delhi, 485-492, 2001.

  D. Maine and T. McGinn, "Maternal Mortality and Morbidity," in Women and Health, M.B. Goldman and M.C. Hatch, eds., Academic Press, San Diego, 395-403, 2000.

  A.E. Yamin and D. Maine, "Maternal Mortality as a Human Rights Issue: Measuring Compliance with International Treaty Obligations," Human Rights Quarterly, 21(3), 563-607, 1999.

 D. Maine, "What's So Special About Maternal Mortality?" Safe Motherhood Initiatives: Critical Issues, Blackwell, London, 175-182, 1999.

  T. Wardlaw and D. Maine, "Process Indicators for Maternal Mortality Programmes," Safe Motherhood Initiatives: Critical Issues, Blackwell, London, 24-42, 1999.

D. Maine and A. Rosenfield, "The Safe Motherhood Initiative: Why Has It Stalled?", American Journal of Public Health, 89(4): 480482, 1999.