Malawi and Millennium Development Goal 4: A Countdown to 2015 country case study

The Lancet Global Health

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2016, Pages e201-e214

  Kanyuka, Mercy ^a   Ndawala, Jameson ^a   Mleme, Tiope ^a   Chisesa, Lusungu ^a   Makwemba, Medson ^a   Amouzou, Agbessi ^b   Borghi, Josephine ^c   Daire, Judith ^d   Ferrabee, Rufus ^e,f   Hazel, Elizabeth ^g   Heidkamp, Rebecca ^g   Hill, Kenneth ^g   Álvarez, Melisa Martínez ^c   Mgalula, Leslie ^f   Munthali, Spy ^h   Nambiar, Bejoy ^e   Nsona, Humphreys ⁱ   Park, Lois ^g   Walker, Neff ^g   Daelmans, Bernadette ^f   Bryce, Jennifer ^g   Colbourn, Tim ^e   more..

^a Malawi National Statistical Office   (Malawi)

^b UNICEF   (United States)

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

^d Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital campus   (Malawi)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^g JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

ⁱ MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Malawi)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; COTRIMOXAZOLE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE VACCINE;

ARTICLE; BED NET; CASE STUDY; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN; DIARRHEA; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LIVES SAVED TOOL; MALARIA; MALAWI; MALNUTRITION; MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STUNTING SYNDROME; WASTING SYNDROME; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MALE; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICE; MOTIVATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STANDARDS; TRENDS;

CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MALAWI; MALE; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84959159618     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2214109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(15)00294-6     Document Type: Article

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