State of neonatal health care in eight countries of the SAARC region, South Asia: How can we make a difference?

Paediatrics and International Child Health

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 174-186

  Das, Jai K ^a   Rizvi, Arjumand ^a   Bhatti, Zaid ^a   Paul, Vinod ^b   Bahl, Rajiv ^c   Shahidullah, Mohammod ^d   Manandhar, Dharma ^e   Stanekzai, Hedayatullah ^f   Amarasena, Sujeewa ^g   Bhutta, Zulfiqar A ^a,h  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b All India Institute of Medical Sciences Deoghar   (India)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d BANGABANDHU SHEIKH MUJIB MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^e Mother and Infant Research Activities   (Nepal)

^f Ministry of Health   (Afghanistan)

^g UNIVERSITY OF RUHUNA   (Sri Lanka)

^h HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Neonatal mortality; Newborn health; South Asia; Stillbirths

Indexed keywords

AFGHANISTAN; ARTICLE; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIARRHEA; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INDIA; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN DEATH; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PAKISTAN; PNEUMONIA; PREMATURE LABOR; SEPSIS; SOUTH ASIA; STILLBIRTH; TETANUS; ASIA; CHILD HEALTH; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; NEWBORN; TRENDS;

ASIA; HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT HEALTH; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; STILLBIRTH;

EID: 84943571992     PISSN: 20469047     EISSN: 20469055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/2046905515Y.0000000046     Document Type: Article

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