Achieving millennium development goals 4 and 5 in Sri Lanka

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 118, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2011, Pages 78-87

  Senanayake, H ^a   Goonewardene, M ^b,c   Ranatunga, A ^c,d   Hattotuwa, R ^c   Amarasekera, S ^c   Amarasinghe, I ^c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RUHUNA   (Sri Lanka)

^c Sri Lanka College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists   (Sri Lanka)

^d Castle Street Hospital for Women ^*  (Sri Lanka)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Infant mortality rate; maternal mortality rate; Millennium Development Goals 4 and 5; Sri Lanka

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTRACEPTION; FAMILY HEALTH; FAMILY PLANNING; FERTILITY; GOAL ATTAINMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOME DELIVERY; HUMAN; INTRAPARTUM CARE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MATERNAL WELFARE; MEDICARE; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PERINATAL DEATH; POSTNATAL CARE; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; REVIEW; SEPSIS; SRI LANKA;

CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MATERNAL MORTALITY; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; PREGNANCY; SRI LANKA; UNITED NATIONS;

EID: 80053193604     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2011.03115.x     Document Type: Review

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