Measuring progress in pregnancy planning and preconception health

The authors aim to address the lack of comprehensive surveillance systems for monitoring preconception health and pregnancy planning by proposing a new framework that incorporates both system-level and individual-level indicators. They emphasize the importance of including community perspectives in the development of these indicators and outline an international collaboration to establish a core set of indicators applicable across diverse economic contexts. The review ultimately seeks to enhance global monitoring efforts in this critical area of maternal health.