Alma-Ata: Rebirth and Revision 6 Interventions to address maternal, newborn, and child survival: what difference can integrated primary health care strategies make?

The Lancet

Volumn 372, Issue 9642, 2008, Pages 972-989

  Bhutta, Zulfiqar A ^a   Ali, Samana ^a   Cousens, Simon ^b   Ali, Talaha M ^a   Haider, Batool Azra ^a   Rizvi, Arjumand ^a   Okong, Pius ^c   Bhutta, Shereen Z ^d   Black, Robert E ^e  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

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

^c Nsambya Hospital   (Uganda)

^d JINNAH POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL CENTRE   (Pakistan)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CESAREAN SECTION; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MATERNAL WELFARE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAKISTAN; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCALE UP; SURVIVAL RATE; UGANDA;

EID: 51249098733     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(08)61407-5     Document Type: Review

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