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Valuing maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health for societal progress - going beyond the economic orthodoxy of gross domestic product

Valuing maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health for societal progress - going beyond the economic orthodoxy of gross domestic product
Valuing maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health for societal progress - going beyond the economic orthodoxy of gross domestic product

Aim: In view of the long-standing recognition that gross domestic product (GDP) does not capture the unremunerated work largely conducted by women upon which societal well-being depends, to discuss the implications for GDP of maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health (MNCAH), and its influences on health, well-being and prosperity across the life course and across generations. Methods: A wide-ranging discussion of the informal think-tank The Venice Forum was held over two days, with inputs from invited experts in person and online. Results: There was consensus that a strong case could be made for inclusion of unremunerated work largely conducted by women as a positive contribution to GDP in view of its impact on future health and prosperity, and conversely exclusion from GDP of outputs from industries which harm health. Conclusion: Taken with the current challenges from COVID, climate change and conflict, there is a compelling need to redefine economic progress through equitable models and metrics that incorporate short-/medium-/long-term societal value of activities that improve MNCAH.

COVID-19, child and adolescent health (MNCAH), climate change and conflict (3C's), gross domestic product (GDP), health equity, maternal, newborn
0803-5253
630-634
Meka, Kiran
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Meka, Kiran, Jacob, Chandni M., Modi, Neena, Bustreo, Flavia, Di Renzo, Gian Carlo, Malamitsi-Puchner, Ariadne, Briana, Despina, Iaia, Domenico G., Fogstad, Helga, Tamvada, Jagannadha P., Moreno, Ivan Ochoa and Hanson, Mark (2023) Valuing maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health for societal progress - going beyond the economic orthodoxy of gross domestic product. Acta Paediatrica, 112 (4), 630-634. (doi:10.1111/apa.16677).

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Aim: In view of the long-standing recognition that gross domestic product (GDP) does not capture the unremunerated work largely conducted by women upon which societal well-being depends, to discuss the implications for GDP of maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health (MNCAH), and its influences on health, well-being and prosperity across the life course and across generations. Methods: A wide-ranging discussion of the informal think-tank The Venice Forum was held over two days, with inputs from invited experts in person and online. Results: There was consensus that a strong case could be made for inclusion of unremunerated work largely conducted by women as a positive contribution to GDP in view of its impact on future health and prosperity, and conversely exclusion from GDP of outputs from industries which harm health. Conclusion: Taken with the current challenges from COVID, climate change and conflict, there is a compelling need to redefine economic progress through equitable models and metrics that incorporate short-/medium-/long-term societal value of activities that improve MNCAH.

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Accepted/In Press date: 17 January 2023
e-pub ahead of print date: 19 January 2023
Published date: 19 January 2023
Additional Information: Funding Information: KM and CMJ are supported by the European Union's Horizon 2020 LifeCycle Project under grant agreement No. 733206. MH is supported by the British Heart Foundation and the National Institute for Health Research, UK, through the Southampton Biomedical Research Centre. MH, NM, AMP, GCDR and FB are founding members of the Venice Forum, with CMJ and DB as secretariat. The Venice Forum is an international advocacy group focused on the health of mothers and young children. Funding Information: KM and CMJ are supported by the European Union‘s Horizon 2020 LifeCycle Project under grant agreement No. 733206.
Keywords: COVID-19, child and adolescent health (MNCAH), climate change and conflict (3C's), gross domestic product (GDP), health equity, maternal, newborn

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Local EPrints ID: 473938
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/473938
ISSN: 0803-5253
PURE UUID: d0871201-a395-45fe-a882-863a5adcc5c0
ORCID for Jagannadha P. Tamvada: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-1225-3174
ORCID for Mark Hanson: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-6907-613X

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Date deposited: 06 Feb 2023 17:32
Last modified: 17 Mar 2024 03:33

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Author: Kiran Meka
Author: Chandni M. Jacob
Author: Neena Modi
Author: Flavia Bustreo
Author: Gian Carlo Di Renzo
Author: Ariadne Malamitsi-Puchner
Author: Despina Briana
Author: Domenico G. Iaia
Author: Helga Fogstad
Author: Ivan Ochoa Moreno
Author: Mark Hanson ORCID iD

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