Stillbirths: Ending preventable deaths by 2030

The Lancet

Volumn 387, Issue 10019, 2016, Pages 703-716

  De Bernis, Luc ^a   Kinney, Mary V ^b   Stones, William ^c,d,e   Ten Hoope Bender, Petra ^f   Vivio, Donna ^g   Leisher, Susannah Hopkins ^h,i   Bhutta, Zulfiqar A ^j,k,l   Gülmezoglu, Metin ^l   Mathai, Matthews ^l   Belizán, Jose M ^m   Franco, Lynne ⁿ   McDougall, Lori ^o   Zeitlin, Jennifer ^q   Malata, Address ^r   Dickson, Kim E ^s   Lawn, Joy E ^p,t  

^a UN Population Fund   (Switzerland)

^b SAVE THE CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^e Intl Fed of Gynecol/Obstetrics   (United Kingdom)

^f Adolescent Health   (Switzerland)

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

^h UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

ⁱ INTERNATIONAL STILLBIRTH ALLIANCE   (United Kingdom)

^j HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^k AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^l WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^m INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS AND HEALTH POLICY   (Argentina)

ⁿ ENCOMPASS LLC   (United States)

^o Newborn Child Health   (Switzerland)

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

^q PARIS DESCARTES UNIVERSITY   (France)

^r LILONGWE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES   (Malawi)

^s UNICEF   (United States)

^t SAVE THE CHILDREN   (United States)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT COUNSELING; COMMUNITY CARE; EMPOWERMENT; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNIZATION; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; INTRAPARTUM CARE; LEADERSHIP; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MATERNAL CHILD HEALTH CARE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NUTRITION SERVICE; PRENATAL CARE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RESPONSIBILITY; SKILL; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STILLBIRTH; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; COST OF ILLNESS; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREGNANCY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC RELATIONS; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STEREOTYPING;

COST OF ILLNESS; CULTURE; FEMALE; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STEREOTYPING; STILLBIRTH;

EID: 84957851097     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(15)00954-X     Document Type: Review

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