A role for science investments in advancing newborn health

Science Translational Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 253, 2014, Pages

  Bhutta, Zulfiqar A ^a,b   Darmstadt, Gary L ^c  

^a SickKids   (Canada)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^c BILL AND MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DISABILITY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FAMILY PLANNING; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INVESTMENT; MATERNAL MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN DEATH; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NOTE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SCALE UP; HEALTH STATUS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY;

HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN;

EID: 84907398287     PISSN: 19466234     EISSN: 19466242     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.3009636     Document Type: Note

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