Bangladesh: Innovation for Universal Health Coverage 4: Explaining equity gains in child survival in Bangladesh: Scale, speed, and selectivity in health and development

The Lancet

Volumn 382, Issue 9909, 2013, Pages 2027-2037

  Adams, Alayne M ^a   Rabbani, Atonu ^b   Ahmed, Shamim ^a   Mahmood, Shehrin Shaila ^a   Al Sabir, Ahmed ^c,d   Rashid, Sabina F ^e   Evans, Timothy G ^f  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

^c WATERAID   (United Kingdom)

^d National Institute of Population Research and Training (NIPORT)   (Bangladesh)

^e BRAC UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^f WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

BANGLADESH; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILD HEALTH; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTRACEPTION; DEHYDRATION; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EXPANDED PROGRAMME ON IMMUNIZATION; FAMILY PLANNING; FERTILITY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT MORTALITY; MORBIDITY; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION; ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY; PILL; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL EVOLUTION; SOCIOECONOMICS; SURVIVAL RATE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; URBANIZATION; ARTICLE; CHILD WELFARE; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; INFANT; INSURANCE; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; WOMEN'S HEALTH; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS;

BANGLADESH; CHILD; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INFANT; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POVERTY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRAINING SUPPORT; UNIVERSAL COVERAGE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84890236801     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(13)62060-7     Document Type: Review

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