1 year after The Lancet Neonatal Survival Series-was the call for action heard?

Lancet

Volumn 367, Issue 9521, 2006, Pages 1541-1547

  Lawn, Joy E ^a   Cousens, Simon N ^b   Darmstadt, Gary L ^c,d   Bhutta, Zulfiqar A ^e   Martines, Jose ^f   Paul, Vinod ^g   Knippenberg, Rudolf ^h   Fogstad, Helga ^f  

^a Save the Children   (South Africa)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d SAVE THE CHILDREN   (United States)

^e AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^f WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^g ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^h UNICEF   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VACCINE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MALARIA; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN DEATH; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; STILLBIRTH; TETANUS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 33646167678     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(06)68587-5     Document Type: Note

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