Tanzania's Countdown to 2015: An analysis of two decades of progress and gaps for reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health, to inform priorities for post-2015

The Lancet Global Health

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 2015, Pages e396-e409

  Afnan Holmes, Hoviyeh ^a   Magoma, Moke ^b   John, Theopista ^c   Levira, Francis ^d   Msemo, Georgina ^e   Armstrong, Corinne E ^a,b   Martínez Álvarez, Melisa ^a   Kerber, Kate ^f,g   Kihinga, Clement ^e   Makuwani, Ahmad ^e   Rusibamayila, Neema ^e   Hussein, Asia ^h   Lawn, Joy E ^a   Ally, Mariam ⁱ   Boerma, Ties ⁱ   Binyaruka, Peter ⁱ   Borghi, Josephine ⁱ   Bwana, Felister ⁱ   Cousens, Simon ⁱ   Chou, Victoria ⁱ   Ferla, Craig ⁱ   Lacoste, Maryjane ⁱ   Masanja, Honorati ⁱ   Oza, Shefali ⁱ   Ronsmans, Carine ⁱ   Schellenberg, Joanna ⁱ   Stevenson, Raz ⁱ   Yasuda, Tadashi ⁱ   more..

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

^b Evidence for Action   (Tanzania)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^e MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL WELFARE   (Tanzania)

^f SAVE THE CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^h UNICEF   (United States)

ⁱ NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; MATERNAL WELFARE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL WORK; SOCIOECONOMICS; TANZANIA; CHILD HEALTH; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVALUATION STUDY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INSECTICIDE TREATED NET; MATERNAL CHILD HEALTH CARE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MORTALITY; OBSTETRIC DELIVERY; PREGNANCY; SOCIAL CLASS; STANDARDS; TRENDS;

CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD MORTALITY; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; INFANT HEALTH; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSECTICIDE-TREATED BEDNETS; MATERNAL HEALTH; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MATERNAL-CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TANZANIA;

EID: 84937532653     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2214109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(15)00059-5     Document Type: Article

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