Achieving maternal and child health gains in Afghanistan: A Countdown to 2015 country case study

The Lancet Global Health

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2016, Pages e395-e413

  Akseer, Nadia ^a,f   Salehi, Ahmad S ^b,d   Hossain, S M Moazzem ^c   Mashal, M Taufiq ^d   Rasooly, M Hafiz ^d   Bhatti, Zaid ^e   Rizvi, Arjumand ^e   Bhutta, Zulfiqar A ^a,e,f  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

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

^c UNICEF   (United States)

^d Ministry of Public Health   (Afghanistan)

^e AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEASLES VACCINE;

AFGHANISTAN; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILD; CHILDBIRTH; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTRACEPTIVE PREVALENCE SURVEY; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MATERNAL CHILD HEALTH CARE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VACCINATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EQUITY; INFANT; MATERNAL WELFARE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; OBSTETRIC DELIVERY; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TRENDS; WAR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; ARMED CONFLICTS; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HEALTH EQUITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT HEALTH; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL HEALTH; MATERNAL-CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84968884605     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2214109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(16)30002-X     Document Type: Article

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