Initiative for Maternal Mortality Programme Assessment (IMMPACT) is a global research initiative to improve maternal health and survival in developing countries by providing rigorous evidence of the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of safe motherhood intervention strategies and their implications for equity and sustainability. Improving the evidence-base for decision-making will enable a cascade of benefits, including health gains to women, babies and families, social and economic gains for the wider community, and enhanced methods and capacities for robust evaluation of health programmes.
IMMPACT aims to meet its goal through primary and secondary research activities, conducted alongside major new and existing safe motherhood intervention strategies. IMMPACT is working in partnership with initiatives supported by governments and international agencies in a number of focus countries and with a wide range of collaborating technical partner institutions. The research programme is planned for seven years and has three core outputs: development of methods and tools, evidence of effective and cost-effective strategies, and capacity strengthening for evidence-based decision-making and rigorous evaluation