Progress in maternal and child health: How has South Asia fared?

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 357, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Akseer, Nadia ^a,b   Kamali, Mahdis ^a   Arifeen, Shams E ^c   Malik, Ashar ^d   Bhatti, Zaid ^d   Thacker, Naveen ^e   Maksey, Mahesh ^f   D'Silva, Harendra ^g   Da Silva, Inacio Cm ^h   Bhutta, Zulfiqar A ^a,b,d  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^d AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^e Deep Children Hospital   (India)

^f Nepal Public Health Foundation   (Nepal)

^g UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^h FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST FEEDING; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD HEALTH; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CONTRACEPTIVE BEHAVIOR; EMPOWERMENT; GENERAL HEALTH STATUS ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; POSTNATAL CARE; PRENATAL CARE; REVIEW; SOCIAL STATUS; SOUTH ASIA; STILLBIRTH; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; VACCINATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASIA; CHILD; COMPLICATION; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; LITERACY; MATERNAL WELFARE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; SANITATION; TRENDS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASIA; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD MORTALITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LITERACY; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL HEALTH; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MIDDLE AGED; SANITATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85017547465     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.j1608     Document Type: Review

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