Countdown to 2015: A decade of tracking progress for maternal, newborn, and child survival

The Lancet

Volumn 387, Issue 10032, 2016, Pages 2049-2059

  Victora, Cesar G ^a   Requejo, Jennifer Harris ^b   Barros, Aluisio J D ^a   Berman, Peter ^c   Bhutta, Zulfiqar ^d,e   Boerma, Ties ^f   Chopra, Mickey ^g   De Francisco, Andres ^b   Daelmans, Bernadette ^f   Hazel, Elizabeth ^h   Lawn, Joy ⁱ   Maliqi, Blerta ^f   Newby, Holly ^g   Bryce, Jennifer ^h  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

^b Newborn Child Health   (Switzerland)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^e AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^f WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^g UNITED NATIONS   (United States)

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

ⁱ LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH EQUITY; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH SERVICE; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TRENDS;

CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FEMALE; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84967139462     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(15)00519-X     Document Type: Review

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