The contribution of poor and rural populations to national trends in reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health coverage: analyses of cross-sectional surveys from 64 countries

The Lancet Global Health

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2017, Pages e402-e407

  Victora, Cesar G ^a   Barros, Aluisio J D ^a   França, Giovanny V A ^a   da Silva, Inácio C M ^a   Carvajal Velez, Liliana ^b   Amouzou, Agbessi ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

^b UNICEF   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEASLES VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; LOW INCOME COUNTRY; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MATERNAL CARE; MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY; NEWBORN; ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCTION; RURAL POPULATION; ADULT; CHILD HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICE; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; POVERTY; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85013657046     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2214109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(17)30077-3     Document Type: Article

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