Benchmarking health system performance across regions in Uganda: A systematic analysis of levels and trends in key maternal and child health interventions, 1990-2011

BMC Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Roberts, D Allen ^a   Ng, Marie ^a   Ikilezi, Gloria ^a,b   Gasasira, Anne ^c   Dwyer Lindgren, Laura ^a   Fullman, Nancy ^a   Nalugwa, Talemwa ^b   Kamya, Moses ^b,d   Gakidou, Emmanuela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b MULAGO HOSPITAL   (Uganda)

^c AFRICAN LEADERS MALARIA ALLIANCE   (Tanzania)

^d MAKERERE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Coverage; Indicators; Inequalities; Maternal and child health; Subnational benchmarking; Uganda; Under 5 mortality

Indexed keywords

ARTEMISININ; BCG VACCINE; MEASLES VACCINE; POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE; ROTAVIRUS VACCINE; TETANUS TOXOID;

ARTICLE; BED NET; BIOGEOGRAPHIC REGION; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD HEALTH; DIARRHEA; DISEASE CONTROL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INDOOR RESIDUAL SPRAYING; LIVE BIRTH; MALARIA; MATERNAL WELFARE; MEASLES; MORTALITY; ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY; POLIOMYELITIS; PRENATAL CARE; SANITATION; TUBERCULOSIS; UGANDA; UNDERWEIGHT; VACCINATION; WATER SUPPLY; BENCHMARKING; CHILD; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HISTORY; INSURANCE; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRENDS;

BENCHMARKING; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH; PREGNANCY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UGANDA; UNIVERSAL COVERAGE; VACCINATION;

EID: 84949188463     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12916-015-0518-x     Document Type: Article

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