What will it take to maintain the maternal and child health gains made in haiti prior to the 2010 earthquake?: An analysis of past progress, trends, and the prospects for the realization of the united nations millennium development goals 4 and 5

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1339-1345

  Amibor, Paulson ^a  

^a International Public Health Consultant   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Child mortality; Donor support; Haiti reconstruction; Maternal mortality; Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) 4 and 5

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD WELFARE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; EARTHQUAKE; FEMALE; HAITI; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MOTIVATION; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED NATIONS; TRENDS;

CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD WELFARE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EARTHQUAKES; FEMALE; GOALS; HAITI; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED NATIONS;

EID: 84885954917     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-012-1170-0     Document Type: Article

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