Implementation of the every Newborn Action Plan: Progress and lessons learned

Seminars in Perinatology

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 326-337

  Kinney, Mary V ^a   Cocoman, Olive ^b   Dickson, Kim E ^c   Daelmans, Bernadette ^b   Zaka, Nabila ^c   Rhoda, Natasha R ^d,e   Moxon, Sarah G ^a,f   Kak, Lily ^g   Lawn, Joy E ^a,f   Khadka, Neena ^a,g   Darmstadt, Gary L ^h  

^a SAVE THE CHILDREN   (United States)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c UNICEF   (United States)

^d Futures Group   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

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

^g UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^h STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bottlenecks; Implementation; Indicators; Maternal; Mortality; Newborn; Stillbirth; Survival; Targets

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; STILLBIRTH; WOMEN'S HEALTH; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MATERNAL CHILD HEALTH CARE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PILOT STUDY; PREGNANCY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY CONTROL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STANDARDS;

BENCHMARKING; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH PLANNING; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL-CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; PILOT PROJECTS; PREGNANCY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY;

EID: 84952664111     PISSN: 01460005     EISSN: 1558075X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semperi.2015.06.004     Document Type: Review

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