Publications – Countdown 2030

Find journal articles and reports prepared by Countdown researchers collaborators from 2006 to the present. Search by publication type, year, topic, words and phrases in the document’s title, and author. Each entry has links to the actual document. Email countdown@jhu.edu if you have questions about Countdown publications.

Maternal and child undernutrition progress

. The Lancet, 2021,

Monitoring progress towards Universal Health Care District EPHS implementation

Ministry of National Health Services Regulations & Coordination, DCP3, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, University of Manitoba. , 2021,

Pakistan Provincial Profiles

Health Services Academy. , 2021,

Establishing evidence-based decision-making mechanism in a health eco-system and its linkages with health service coverage in 25 high-priority districts of Uttar Pradesh, India

Prakash R, Dehury B, Yadav C, Tripathi A, Sodhi C, Bilal H, Vasanthakumar N, Isac S, Ramesh B, Blanchard J, Boerma T.,. BMC Health Services Research, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-021-06172-2

Improving quality of medical certification of causes of death in health facilities in Tanzania 2014–2019

Nyondo T, Msigwa G, Cobos D, Kabadi G, Macha T, Karugendo E, Mugasa J, Semu G, Levira F, Fruchtman C, Mwanza J, Lyatuu I, Bratschi M ,Kumalija C, Setel P, Savigny D.,. BMC Health Services , 2021, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-021-06189-7

Is South Africa closing the health gaps between districts? Monitoring progress towards universal health service coverage with routine facility data

Day C, Gray A, Cois A, Ndlovu N, Massyn N, Boerma T. BMC Health Services , 2021, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-021-06171-3

A review of geospatial methods for population estimation and their use in constructing reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health service indicators

Nilsen K, Tejedor-Garavito N, Leasure D, Utazi C, Ruktanonchai C, Wigley A, Dooley C, Matthews Z, Tatem A., . BMC Health Services , 2021, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-021-06370-y

Estimation of Ethiopia’s immunization coverage – 20 years of discrepancies

Pond B, Bekele A, Mounier-Jack S, Teklie H, Getachew T. BMC Health Services , 2021, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-021-06568-0

The use of health facility data to assess the effects of armed conflicts on maternal and child health: experience from the Kivu, DR Congo

Malembaka E, Altare C, Bigirinama R, Bisimwa G, Banywesize R, Tabbal N, Boerma T. BMC Health Services , 2021, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-021-06143-7

Measuring coverage of maternal and child health services using routine health facility data: a Sierra Leone case study

Maïga A, Amouzou A, Bagayoko M, Faye C, Jiwani S, Kamara D, Koroma I, Sankoh O.. BMC Health Services , 2021, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-021-06529-7

Can routine health facility data be used to monitor subnational coverage of maternal, newborn and child health services in Uganda?

Agiraembabazi G, Ogwal J, Tashobya C, Kananura R, Boerma T, Waiswa P.. BMC Health Services , 2021, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-021-06554-6

The burden of recording and reporting health data in primary health care facilities in five low- and lower-middle income countries

Siyam A, Ir P, York D, Antwi J, Amponsah F, Rambique O, Funzamo C, Azeez A, Mboera L, Kumalija C, Rumisha S, Mremi I, Boerma T, O’Neill K.. BMC Health Services , 2021, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-021-06652-5

Improving analysis and use of routine reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health facility data in low-and middle-income countries: a universal priority

Diaz T. Requejo J.. BMC Health Services , 2021, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-021-06649-0

Strengthening routine health information systems for analysis and data use: a tipping point

Amouzou A, Faye C, Wyss K and Boerma T.,. BMC, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-021-06648-1

Health facility data to monitor national and subnational progress

. BMC Health Services , 2021,

Zero-dose children and the immunisation cascade: Understanding immunisation pathways in low and middle-income countries

Cata-Preta BO, Santos TM, Mengistu T, Hogan DR, Barros AJD, Victora CG. Vaccine, 2021, 10.1016/j.vaccine.2021.02.072

Planning for work: Exploring the relationship between contraceptive use and women’s sector-specific employment in India

McDougal L, Singh A, Kumar K, Dehingia N, Barros AJD, Ewerling F, Atmavilas Y, Raj A. Plos One, 2021, 10.1371/journal.pone.0248391

National and subnational coverage and inequalities in reproductive, maternal, newborn, child, and sanitary health interventions in Ecuador: a comparative study between 1994 and 2012

Rios Quituizaca, P, Gatica-Dominguez, G, Nambiar, D, Ferreira Santos, J, Licio Bruck, S, Vidaletti, LR, Luis Barros, AJD. Int J Equity Health. , 2021, 10.1186/s12939-020-01359-1

Monitoring breastfeeding indicators in high-income countries: Levels, trends and challenges

Vaz, JS, Maia, FS, Neves, PAR, Santos, TM, Vidaletti, LP, Victora, CG. Matern Child Nutr., 2021, 10.1111/mcn.13137

Maternal education and equity in breastfeeding: trends and patterns in 81 low- and middle-income countries between 2000 and 2019

Neves, PAR, Barros, AJD, Gatica-DomÃnguez, G, Vaz, JS, Baker, P, Lutter, CK. Int J Equity Health., 2021, 10.1186/s12939-020-01357-3

Levels and potential drivers of under-five mortality sex ratios in low- and middle-income countries

Costa JC, Weber AM, Abdalla S, Darmstadt GL, Victora CG. Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol, 2021, 10.1111/ppe.12763

Is womens empowerment associated with coverage of RMNCH interventions in low- and middle-income countries? An analysis using a survey-based empowerment indicator, the SWPER

Ewerling F, Wehrmeister F, C Victora C G, Raj A, McDougal L, Barros AJD. J Glob Health, 2021, 10.7189/jogh.11.04015

Finding Children with High Risk of Non-Vaccination in 92 Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Decision Tree Approach

Santos TM, Cata-Preta, B, Victora CG, Barros AB. Vaccines, 2021, 10.3390/vaccines9060646

A scoping review of methods for assessment of sex differentials in early childhood mortality

Costa, JC, Victora, CG. BMC Pediatr, 2021, 10.1186/s12887-021-02503-8

A tale of ‘politics and stars aligning’: analysing the sustainability of scaled up digital tools for front-line health workers in India

SIngh N., Scott K., George A., LeFevre A., Ved R., . BMJ Global Health , 2021, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2021-005041

Falling aid for reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health in the lead-up to the COVID-19 pandemic

Pitt C., Bath D., Binyarkua P., Borghi J., Martinez-Alvarez M. BMJ Global Health , 2021, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2021-006089

Supplement ASRH for all in SSA: are inequalities reducing?

. BMC Reproductive Health , 2021,

Are rhetorical commitments to adolescents reflected in planning documents? An exploratory content analysis of adolescent sexual and reproductive health in Global Financing Facility country plans

George, A.S., Jacobs, T., Kinney, M.V., Haakenstad A., Singh N, Rasanathan K, Chopra M.. BMC Reproductive Health , 2021, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12978-021-01121-y

Examining the recent trends in adolescent sexual and reproductive health in five countries of sub‐Saharan Africa based on PMA and DHS household surveys

Kananura, R.M., Waiswa, P., Melesse, D.Y., Faye C, Boerma T,. BMC Reproductive Health , 2021, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12978-021-01111-0

Intimate partner violence against adolescents and young women in sub-Saharan Africa: who is most vulnerable?

Wado, Y.D., Mutua, M.K., Mohiddin, A., Ijadunola M, Faye C, Coll C, Barros A, Kabiru C.. BMC Reproductive Health , 2021, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12978-021-01077-z

HIV trends and disparities by gender and urban–rural residence among adolescents in sub-Saharan Africa

Maulide Cane, R., Melesse, D.Y., Kayeyi, N., Manu A, Wado Y, Barros A, Boerma T., . BMC, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12978-021-01118-7

Wealth-related inequalities in demand for family planning satisfied among married and unmarried adolescent girls and young women in sub-Saharan Africa

Mutua, M.K., Wado, Y.D., Malata, M. Kabiru C, Akwara E, Melesse D, Fall N, Coll C, Faye C, Barros A.,. BMC, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12978-021-01076-0

Inequalities in early marriage, childbearing and sexual debut among adolescents in sub-Saharan Africa

Melesse D, Cane R, Mangombe A, Ijadunola M, Manu A, Bamgboye E, Mohiddin A, Kananura R, Akwara E, Plessis E, Wado Y, Mutua M, Mekonnen W, Faye C, Neal S and Boerma T.,. BMC, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12978-021-01125-8

Adolescent sexual and reproductive health for all in sub-Saharan Africa: a spotlight on inequalities

Chandra-Mouli, V., Neal, S. & Moller, AB.. BMC Reproductive Health , 2021, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12978-021-01145-4

Delivery channels and socioeconomic inequalities in coverage of reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health interventions: analysis of 36 cross-sectional surveys in low-income and middle-income countries

Leventhal D, Crochemore-Silva I, Vidaletti L, Armenta-Paulino N, Barros A, Victora C.,. Lancet, 2021,

District-level estimation of vaccination coverage: Discrete vs continuous spatial models.

Utazi CE, Nilsen K, Parnell, O., et al.. Statistics in Medicine, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1002/sim.8897

Geographical distribution of fertility rates in 70 low-income, lower-middle-income, and upper-middle-income countries, 2010–16: a subnational analysis of cross-sectional surveys.

Pezzulo, Nilsen, K, Carioli,. A et al.. The Lancet, 2021, https://www.thelancet.com/journals/langlo/article/PIIS2214-109X(21)00082-6/fulltext

Avoiding the Road to Nowhere: Policy Insights on Scaling up and Sustaining Digital Health

LeFevre A, Chamberlain S, Singh N, Scott K, Menon P, Barron M, Ved R, George A. Global Policy, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1111/1758-5899.12909

Leaving No Woman and Child Behind: Inequalities in Nutrition Coverage and Status Among Women, Children and Adolescents in West Africa

. , 2019,

Summary report of the second Countdown 2030 analysis workshop in Eastern and Southern Africa

. , 2018,

Strengthening Analysis and Evidence for Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health and Nutrition (RMNCAH&N)

. , 2018,

Workshop on Reducing Inequalities in RMNCH in sub-Saharan Africa: Use of Data and Evidence for Action and Accountability

. , 2019,

Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health Analysis Workshop: Generating evidence and strengthening country capacity

. , 2019,

Dissemination of health inequalities in Zambia

. , 2019,

Health facility data analysis: 3rd workshop

. , 2018,

Dissemination of RMNCH analysis workshop results in Uganda

. , 2018,

Summary report of the second Countdown 2030 analysis workshop in Eastern and Southern Africa

. , 2018,

Summary report of the first Countdown 2030 analysis workshop in Eastern and Southern Africa

. , 2017,

EXPERT GROUP WORKSHOP ON WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT IN THE LATIN AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN COUNTRIES

Ewerling F., Barros A.,. , 2018,

Regional Workshop on Ethnic Inequalities in RMNCH in Latin America and Launch of the Countdown Haiti Case Study

. , 2017,

Measuring inequalities in RMNCH

. , 2016,

Special Issue: Countdown to 2015 for Maternal, Newborn and Child Survival

. Global Health Action , 2015,

Countdown to 2015 country case studies: analyzing progress towards maternal and child survival in the Millennium Development Goal era

. BMC public health, 2015,

Measurement of reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health and nutrition

. BMJ, 2019,

Measuring and Monitoring Coverage and Quality of Care in Low and Middle Income Countries

. J Glob Health, 2020,

Leave No One Behind

. BMJ, 2020,

Delivering health and nutrition interventions for women and children in conflict settings: country case studies from the BRANCH Consortium

Thomas L, Jabbour S, Gaffey M.. BMC BioMed, 2020,

Women’s and Children’s Health in Conflict Settings

Wise P, Shiel A, Southard N,Bendavid E, Welsh J, Stedman S,et al.. The Lancet, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(21)00130-6

Closing inequality gaps: Prioritizing nutrition among women and adolescents in West Africa

Countdown to 2030. , 2019,

Inequalities in antenatal care coverage and 3 quality: an analysis from 63 low and 4 middle-income countries using the ANCq 5 content-qualified coverage indicator

Arroyave L, Saad G, Victora C, Barros A., . International Journal for Equity in Health , 2021, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12939-021-01440-3

A new content-qualified antenatal care coverage indicator: Development and validation of a score using national health surveys in low- and middle-income countries

Arroyave L, Saad G, Victora C, Barros A., . Global Health , 2021, 10.7189/jogh.11.04008

Democratic South Africa at 25 – a conceptual framework and narrative review of the social and structural determinants of adolescent health

George A., Jacobs T.,. Globalization and Health, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12992-021-00679-3

Mobilising evidence, data, and resources to achieve global maternal and child undernutrition targets and the Sustainable Development Goals: an agenda for action

Heidkamp R, Piwoz E, Gillespie S, Keats E, D'Alimonte M, Menon P. Lancet, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(21)00568-7

Maternal and perinatal death surveillance and response in low- and middle-income countries: a scoping review of implementation factors

Kinney M, Walugembe D, Wanduru P, Waiswa P, George A. Health Policy and Planning, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1093/heapol/czab011

Adolescent health in the Sustainable Development Goal era: are we aligned for multisectoral action?

George A, Jacobs T, Ved R, Jacobs T, Rasanathan K, Zaidi S. . BMJ, 2020, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2020-004448

Effective interventions to address maternal and child malnutrition: an update of the evidence

Emily C Keats, PhD ,Jai K Das, MD, Rehana A Salam, PhD Zohra S Lassi, PhD Aamer Imdad, MD Prof Robert E Black, MD Prof Zulfiqar A Bhutta, PhD . The Lancet, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1016/S2352-4642(20)30274-1

Revisiting maternal and child undernutrition in low-income and middle-income countries: variable progress towards an unfinished agenda

prof Cesar G Victora, MD Prof Parul Christian, DrPH Luis Paulo Vidaletti, MSc Giovanna Gatica-Domínguez, PhD Purnima Menon, PhD Prof Robert E Black, MD. The Lancet, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(21)00394-9

Countdown to 2015 country case studies: analysing progress towards maternal and child survival in the Millennium Development Goal era

Owen HJ, Singh NS, Berman P, Lawn JE and Requejo J. BMC Public Health, 2016,

Special Issue: Countdown to 2015 for Maternal, Newborn and Child Survival

. Global Health Action, 2015,

Delivering health and nutrition interventions for women and children in conflict settings: country case studies from the BRANCH Consortium

Thomas L, Jabbour S and Gaffey, M. Conflict and Health, 2020,

Measurement of reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health and nutrition

. BMJ Global Health, 2019,

Leave No One Behind

. BMJ and BMJ Global Health, 2020,

Measuring and Monitoring Coverage and Quality of Care in Low and Middle Income Countries

Countdown Coverage Technical Working Group. Journal of Global Health , 2020,

Women’s and Children’s Health in Conflict Settings

BRANCH Consortium. The Lancet, 2021,

Delivering health and nutrition interventions for women and children in conflict settings: country case studies from the BRANCH Consortium

. , ,

Countdown to 2030 Collaboration. Haiti on the pathway to 2030, what has been done so far? A Haiti country-case study

WHO (World Health Organization), PAHO (Pan American Health Organization). PAHO, 2019,

Measuring universal health coverage in reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health: an update of the composite coverage index.

Wehrmeister FC, Barros AJD, Hosseinpoor AR, Boerma T, Victora C.. Plos One, 2020, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0232350

Consumption of breast milk, formula and other non-human milk by children aged under two years: analysis of 86 low and middle-income countries.

Neves PAR, Barros AJD, Baker P, et al.. PubMed, 2020, doi:10.1017/S1368980020004061

Association between availability of children’s book and the literacy-numeracy skills of children aged 36 to 59 months: secondary analysis of the UNICEF Multiple-Indicator Cluster Surveys covering 35 countries

Manu A, Ewerling F, Barros AJ, Victora CG. J Glob Health, 2019, doi:10.7189/jogh.09.010403

Trends in socioeconomic inequalities in stunting prevalence in Latin America and the Caribbean countries: differences between quintiles and deciles.

Flores-Quispe MDP, Restrepo-Mendez MC, Maia MFS, Ferreira LZ, Wehrmeister FC. Int J Equity Health., 2019, doi:10.1186/s12939-019-1046-7

Large and persistent subnational inequalities in reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health intervention coverage in sub-Saharan Africa.

Faye CM, Wehrmeister FC, Melesse DY, et al. . BMJ Global Health , 2019, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2019-002232

Does women’s age matter in the SDGs era: coverage of demand for family planning satisfied with modern methods and institutional delivery in 91 low- and middle-income countries.

da Silva ICM, Everling F, Hellwig F, et al.. BMC Reproductive Health , 2020,

Religious affiliation and immunization coverage in 15 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Costa JC, Weber AM, Darmstadt GL, Abdalla S, Victora CG.. Science Direct, 2020, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2019.11.024

Addressing the persistent inequities in immunization coverage.

Chopra M, Bhutta Z, Chang Blanc D, et al. . Bull World Health Organization, 2020, doi:10.2471/BLT.19.241620

Patterns in wealth-related Inequalities in 86 Low- and Middle-Income Countries: global evidence on the emergence of vaccine hesitancy.

Cata-Preta BO, Wehrmeister FC, Santos TM, Barros AJD, Victora CG. American Journal of Preventative Medicine , 2021,

Maternal and child health inequalities among migrants: the case of Haiti and the Dominican Republic. Rev Panam Salud Publica.

Bouilly R, Gatica-Domínguez G, Mesenburg M, et al.. PubMed, 2020, 10.26633/RPSP.2020.144

Are inequities decreasing? Birth registration for children under five in low-income and middle-income countries, 1999-2016.

Bhatia A, Krieger N, Beckfield J, Barros AJD, Victora C.. BMJ Global Health , 2016, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2019-001926

First-food systems transformations and the ultra-processing of infant and young child diets: The determinants, dynamics and consequences of the global rise in commercial milk formula consumption.

Baker P, Melo T, Augusto Neves P, et al.. Wiley Online Library , 2020, doi:10.1111/mcn.13097

After COVID-19, a future for the world’s children

WHO-UNICEF-Lancet Commissioners. Lancet, 2020, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(20)31481-1

Does having a phone matter for women’s health? Linking phone access among women to careseeking in India: An exploratory analysis of the National Family Health Survey.

Mohan D, Bashingwa JJH, Tiffin N, Dhar D, Mulder N, George A, LeFevre AE. Plos One, 2020,

Violence against women health workers: The tip of the iceberg of gender power relations in global health.

George A, McConville F, deVries S, Nigenda G, Sarfraz S, McIsaac M.. BMJ, 2020,

Socio-demographic and economic inequalities in modern contraception in 11 low- and middle-income countries: an analysis of the PMA2020 surveys

Blumenberg C, Hellwig F, Ewerling F, Barros AJD. BMC Reproductive Health , 2020, doi: 10.1186/s12978-020-00931-w.

Delivering for women, children, and adolescents during and after covid-19

Requejo J, Diaz T, Boerma T, Victora C, Hoope-Bender P.. BMJ Opinion , 2020,

Measurement and accountability for maternal, newborn and child health: fit for 2030?

Marchant T, Boerma T, Diaz T, Huicho L, Kyobutungi C, Mershon CH, Schellenberg J, Somers K, Waiswa P; Nairobi Grou. BMJ Global Health , 2020,

Tracking progress towards universal coverage for women’s, children’s and adolescents’ health

. , 2017,

Haiti Country-Case Study on Maternal and Child Health 1990-2018.

Joseph G, Mujica O, Huicho L, Barros AJ. , 2018,

SDG3-Related Inequalities in Women’s, Children’s, and Adolescents’ Health: A Baseline for Latin America and the Caribbean.

Sanhueza A, Carvajal L, Mujica OJ, Vidaletti LP, Victora CG, Barros A.. SSRN Electronic Journal, 2020, 10.2139/ssrn.3726176

Ethnic inequalities in child stunting and feeding practices: results from surveys in thirteen countries from Latin America.

Gatica-Domínguez G, Mesenburg MA, Barros AJD, Victora CG. International Journal for Equity in Health, 2020, 10.1186/s12939-020-01165-9.

The impact of women’s empowerment on their children’s early development in 26 African countries.

Ewerling F, Lynch JW, Mittinty M, Raj A, Victora CG, Coll CV, et al. . Global Health, 2020, doi: 10.7189/jogh.10.020406

The SWPER index for women’s empowerment in Africa: development and validation of an index based on survey data

Fernanda Ewerling, John W Lynch, Cesar G Victora, Anouka van Eerdewijk, Marcelo Tyszler, and Aluisio J D Barros. Lancet Global Health, 2017, 10.1016/S2214-109X(17)30292-9

SWPER Global:A survey-based women’s empowerment index expanded from Africa to all low- and middle-income countries.

Ewerling F, Raj A, Victora CG, Hellwig F, Coll CVN, Barros AJD.. Jounal Glob Heal., 2020, doi: 10.7189/jogh.10.020434.

Improving Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Outcomes in a Decade, Pakistan Report 2020

Hafeez A, Zaka N, Ahmad I, Shahzad K. , 2000,

Trends and determinants of newborn mortality in Kyrgyzstan: a Countdown country case study

Mahdis Kamali, James E Wright, Nadia Akseer, Hana Tasic, Kaitlin Conway, Saman Brar, Cholpon Imanalieva, Gerrit Maritz, Arjumand Rizvi, Baktyiar Stanbekov, Sagynbu Abduvalieva, Elvira Toialieva, Zulfiqar A Bhutta. The Lancet Global Health , 2020, https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(20)30460-5

Endline review of the Investment Case for Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health Sharpened Plan in Uganda

Ministry of Health, Uganda & the World Bank. World Bank Group , 2020,

Improving Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Outcomes in a Decade

Pakistan Report . , 2020,

The political and security dimensions of the humanitarian health response to violent conflict

Wise PH, Annie Shiel A, Southard N, Bendavid E, Welsh J, Stephen Stedman S, Tanisha Fazal T, Felbab-Brown V, Polatty D, Waldman RJ, Spiegel PB, Blanchet K, Dayoub R, Zakayo A, Barry M, Garcia DM, Pagano H, Black RE, Gaffey MF, Bhutta ZA,. The Lancet, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(21)00130-6

A commitment to support the world’s most vulnerable women, children, and adolescents

Clark H. The Lancet, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(21)00137-9

Doing better for women and children in armed conflict settings

Bhutta ZA, Gaffey MF, Spiegel PB, Waldman RJ, Wise PH, Blanchet K, Boerma T, Langer A, Black RE. The Lancet, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(21)00127-6

Delivering health and nutrition interventions for women and children in different conflict contexts: a framework for decision making on what, when, and how

Gaffey MF, Waldman RJ, Blanchet K, Amsalu R, Capobianco E, Ho LS, Khara T, Garcia DM, Aboubaker S, Ashorn P, Spiegel PB, Black RE, Bhutta ZA, the BRANCH Consortium Steering Committee . The Lancet, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(21)00133-1

Delivering health interventions to women, children, and adolescents in conflict settings: what have we learned from ten country case studies?

Singh NS, Ataullahjan A, Ndiaye K, Das JK, Wise PH, Altare C, Ahmed Z, Sami S, Akik C, Tappis H, Mirzazada S, Garcés-Palacio IC, Ghattas H, Langer A, Waldman RJ, Spiegel P, Bhutta ZA, Blanchet K, the BRANCH Consortium Steering Committee . The Lancet, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(21)00132-X

The effects of armed conflict on the health of women and children

Bendavid E, Boerma T, Akseet N, Langer A, Malembaka EB, Okiro E, Wise PH, Heft-Neal S, Black RE, Bhutta ZA, BRANCH Consortium Steering Committee. The Lancet, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(21)00131-8

The political and security dimensions of the humanitarian health response to violent conflict

Wise PH, Shiel A, Southard N, Bendavid E, Welsh J, Stedman S, Fazal T, Felbab-Brown V, Polatty D, Waldman RJ, Spiegel P, Blanchet K, Dayoub R, Zakayo A, Barry M, Daniel Martinez D, Garcia DM, Pagano H, Black R, Gaffey MF, Bhutta ZA, for the BRANCH Consortium. The Lancet, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(21)00130-6

Measurement and accountability for maternal, newborn and child health: fit for 2030?

Marchant T, Boerma T, Diaz T, Huicho L, Kyobutungi C, Mershon CH, Schellenberg J, Somers K, Waiswa P. BMJ Global Health, 2020, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2020-002697

Intimate partner violence in 46 low-income and middle-income countries: an appraisal of the most vulnerable groups of women using national health surveys

Coll CVN, Ewerling F, García-Moreno C, et al. BMJ Global Health, 2020, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2019-002208

Socio-demographic and economic inequalities in modern contraception in 11 low- and middle-income countries: an analysis of the PMA2020 surveys.

Blumenberg C, Hellwig F, Ewerling F, Barros AJD. BioMed Central, 2020, doi: 10.1186/s12978-020-00931-w.

Are the poorest poor being left behind? Estimating global inequalities in reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health

Barros AJD, Wehrmeister FC, Ferreira LZ, et al.. BMJ Global Health, 2020, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2019-002229

Ethnic inequalities and trends in stunting prevalence among Guatemalan children: an analysis using national health surveys 1995-2014

Gatica-Dominguez G, Victora C, Barros AJD.. International Journal for Equity in Health, 2019, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12939-019-1016-0

Reasons for nonuse of contraceptive methods in women with demand for contraception not satisfied: an assessment of low and middle-income countries using Demographic and Health Surveys

Moreira LR; Ewerling F; Barros, AJD; Silveira, MF.. Reproductive Health, 2019, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12978-019-0805-7

Socioeconomic Inequalities Persist Despite Declining Stunting Prevalence in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

da Silva ICM, Franca GV, Barros AJD, Amouzou A, Krasevec J, Victora CG.. Journal of Nutrition, 2018, https://doi.org/10.1093/jn/nxx050

The Inverse Equity Hypothesis: analyses of institutional deliveries in 286 national surveys.

Victora CG, Joseph G, Silva ICM, Maia FS, Vaughan JP, Barros FC, et al.. American Journal of Public Health, 2018, 10.2105/AJPH.2017.304277

How Ethiopia achieved Millennium Development Goal 4 through multisectoral interventions: a Countdown to 2015 case study

Ruducha J, Mann C, Singh NS, Gemebo TD, Tessema NS, Baschieri A, Friberg I, Zerfu TA, Yassin M, Franca GA, Berman P.. The Lancet Global Health, 2017, https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(17)30331-5

Financial accessibility and user fee reforms for maternal healthcare in five sub-Saharan countries: a quasi-experimental analysis

Leone T, Cetorelli V, Neal S, Matthews Z.. BMJ Open, 2016, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2015-009692

Examining national and district-level trends in neonatal health in Peru through an equity lens: a success story driven by political will and societal advocacy

Huicho, L., Huayanay-Espinoza, C.A., Herrera-Perez, E. et al.. BMC Public Health, 2016, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-016-3405-2

Time trends in socio-economic inequalities in stunting prevalence: analyses of repeated national surveys

Restrepo-Mendez MC, Barros AJ, Black RE, Victora CG.. Public Health Nutr, 2015, doi:10.1017/S1368980014002924

Comment: Niger’s success in child survival.

Sanda S.. The Lancet, 2016, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(12)61514-1

Child survival gains in Tanzania: analysis of data from demographic and health surveys

Masanja H, de Savigny D, Smithson P, et al.. The Lancet, 2008, doi:1016/S0140-6736(08)60562-0

The double burden of malnutrition in under-five children at national and individual levels: Observed and expected prevalence in ninety-three low- and middle-income countries.

Lerm, B., Crochemore-Silva, I., Costa, J., & Victora, C.. Public Health Nutrition, 2020, doi:10.1017/S1368980020001226

Women, children and adolescents in conflict countries: an assessment of inequalities in intervention coverage and survival

Akseer N. Wright J, Tasic Hana. BMJ Global Health, 2020, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2019-002214

Gender equality and health: laying the foundations for change

George AS, Amin A, Garc_ça-Moreno C, Sen G.. The Lancet, 2019, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(19)30987-0

Infant Formula Consumption Is Positively Correlated with Wealth, Within and Between Countries: A Multi-Country Study

Neves PAR, Gatica-Dom__nguez G, Rollins NC, Piwoz E, Baker P, et al.. Journal of Nutrition, 2020, doi:10.1093/jn/nxz327

Mensuração de desigualdades sociais em saúde: conceitos e abordagens metodológicas no contexto brasileiro

da Silva ICM, Restrepo-Mendez MC, Costa JC, Ewerling F, Hellwig F, Ferreira LZ, et al.. Epidemiologia e Serviços de Saúde, 2018, http://dx.doi.org/10.5123/s1679-49742018000100017

Who and where are the uncounted children? Inequalities in birth certificate coverage among children under five years in 94 countries using nationally representative household surveys

Bhatia A, Ferreira LZ, Barros AJD, Victora CG.. International Journal for Equity in Health, 2017, https://equityhealthj.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12939-017-0635-6

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.

Victora CG, Barros AJD, Fran_ßa GVA, Silva ICM, Carvajal-Velez L, Amouzou A.. The Lancet Global Health, 2017, doi:10.1016/S2214-109X(17)30077-3

Inequalities in full immunization coverage: trends in low- and middle-income countries

Restrepo-Mendez MC, Barros AJ, Wong KL, Johnson HL, Pariyo G, Franca GV, et al.. Bull World Health Organization, 2016, https://doi.org/10.2471/BLT.15.162172

Tanzanian Countdown Country Case Study Group, Tanzania’s Countdown to 2015: an analysis of two decades of progress and gaps for reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health, to inform priorities for post-2015

Afnan-Holmes H, Magoma M, et al.. The Lancet Global Health, 2015, https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(15)00059-5

Progress in reducing inequalities in reproductive, maternal, newborn,Äô and child health in Latin America and the Caribbean: an unfinished agenda

Restrepo-Mendez MC, Barros AJ, Requejo J, Duran P, Serpa LA, Franca GV, et al.. Rev Panam Salud Publica, 2015,

How changes in coverage affect equity in maternal and child health interventions in 35 Countdown to 2015 countries: an analysis of national surveys

Victora C, Barros A, et al.. The Lancet, 2012, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(12)61427-5

Comment: Making the Countdown count

Salama P, Lawn J, Bryce J, et al.. The Lancet, 2008, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(08)60534-6

Trends and inequalities in the nutritional status of adolescent girls and adult women in sub-Saharan Africa since 2000: a cross-sectional series study

Jiwani SS, Gatica-Domínguez G, Crochemore-Silva I, et al. BMJ Global Health, 2020, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2020-002948

Closing the inequality gaps in reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health coverage: slow and fast progressors

Amouzou A, Jiwani SS, da Silva ICM Countdown 2030 Coverage Technical Working Group, et al. BMJ Global Health, 2020, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2019-002230

Equitable coverage? The roles of the private and public sectors in providing maternal, newborn and child health interventions in South Asia

Guo S, Carvajal-Aguirre L, Victora CG, BarrosAJD, Wehrmeister FC, et al.. BMJ Global Health, 2019, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2019-001495

Socioeconomic inequalities in the prevalence of underweight, overweight, and obesity among women aged 20-49 in low- and middle-income countries

Reyes Matos U, Mesenburg MA, Victora CG.. International Journal of Obesity, 2019, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41366-019-0503-0

Future directions for reducing inequity and maximising impact of child health strategies

Dalglish SL, Vogel JJ, Begkoyian G, et al.. BMJ, 2018, doi:10.1136/bmj.k2684

Gender bias in under-five mortality in low/middle-income countries.

Costa JC, Silva ICM, Victora CG.. BMJ Global Health, 2017, doi:1136/bmjgh-2017-000350

Is governance, gross domestic product, inequality, population size or country surface area associated with coverage and equity of health interventions? Ecological analyses of cross-sectional surveys from 80 countries.

Wehrmeister FC, da Silva CM, Barros AJD, Victora CG.. BMJ Global Health, 2017, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/ bmjgh-2017-000437

Missed opportunities in full immunization coverage: findings from low- and lower-middle-income countries

Restrepo-Mendez MC, Barros AJ, Wong KL, Johnson HL, Pariyo G, Wehrmeister FC, et al.. Global Health Action, 2016,

Contraceptive use and distribution of high-risk births in Nigeria: a sub-national analysis

Akinyemi A, Adedini S, Hounton S, et al.. Global Health Action, 2015, https://doi.org/10.3402/gha.v8.29720

Trends in contraceptive use and distribution of births with demographic risk factors in Ethiopia: a sub-national analysis

Shiferaw, S., Abdullah, M., Mekonnen, Y., Ma_Øga, A., Akinyemi, A., Amouzou, A., Friedman, H., Barros, A. J., & Hounton, S. (2015).. Global Health Action, 2015, https://doi.org/10.3402/gha.v8.29720

Countdown to 2015 decade report (2000-10): taking stock of maternal, newborn, and child survival

Bhutta Z, Chopra M, et al.. The Lancet, 2011, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(10)60678-2

Comment: Delivery of MDG 5 by active management with data

Shankar A, Bartlett L, et al., on behalf of the Countdown to 2015 Maternal Health Group. The Lancet, 2008, doi:1016/S0140-6736(08)60536-X

Protect the progress: rise, refocus and recover. 2020 progress report on the Every Woman Every Child Global Strategy for Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health (20162030).

World Health Organization, United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). EWEC, 2020, https://www.unicef.org/reports/protect-progress-rise-refocus-recover-every-woman-every-child-2020

Inequalities in early childhood care and development in low/middle-income countries: 20102018

Lu C, Cuartas J, Fink G, et al. BMJ Global Health, 2020, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2020-002314

Time trends in demand for family planning satisfied: analysis of 73 countries using national health surveys over a 24-year period

Hellwig F, Coll CVN, Ewerling F, Barros AJD.. Journal of Global Health, 2019, doi: 10.7189/jogh.09.020423

The whole is more than the sum of the parts: establishing an enabling health system environment for reducing acute child malnutrition in a rural South African district

Schneider H, van der Merwe M, Marutla B, Cupido J, Kauchali S.. Health Policy and Planning, 2019, https://doi.org/10.1093/heapol/czz060

Demand for family planning satisfied with modern methods among sexually active women in low- and middle-income countries: who is lagging behind?

Ewerling F, Victora CG, Raj A, Coll CVN, Hellwig F, Barros AJD.. Reproductive Health, 2018, doi: 10.1186/s12978-018-0483-x.

Gender bias in careseeking practices in 57 low and middle income countries

Costa JC, Wehrmeister FC, Barros AJD, Victora CG.. Journal of Global Health, 2017, doi:7189/jogh.07.010418

Socioeconomic inequalities in skilled birth attendance and child stunting in selected low and middle income countries: Wealth quintiles or deciles?

Wong KLM, Restrepo-M_©ndez MC, Barros AJD, Victora CG.. PLOS ONE, 2017, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0174823

Patterns and determinants of antenatal care utilization: analysis of national survey data in seven countdown countries

Saad-Haddad G, DeJong J, Terreri N, Restrepo-Mendez MC, Perin J, Vaz L, et al.. Journal of Global Health, 2016, DOI: 10.7189/jogh.06.010404

Countdown to 2015: changes in official development assistance to reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health, and assessment of progress between 2003 and 2012

Arregoces L, Daly F, Pitt C, et al.. The Lancet Global Health, 2015, https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(15)00057-1

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

Victora C, Requejo JH, Bryce J, et al.. The Lancet, 2015, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(15)00519-X

Human resources for maternal, newborn and child health: from measurement and planning to performance for improved health outcomes

Gupta, N., Maliqi, B., Fran_ßa, A. et al.. Human Resourcesfor Health, 2011, https://doi.org/10.1186/1478-4491-9-16

Every death counts: use of mortality audit data for decision making to save the lives of mothers, babies and children in South Africa

South Africa Every Death Counts Writing Group.. The Lancet, 2008, doi:1016/S0140-6736(08)60564-4

Delivering for women, children, and adolescents during and after covid-19.

Requejo J, Diaz T, Boerma T, Victora C, Hoope-Bender P.. BMJ Opinion, 2020, https://blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2020/09/23/delivering-for-women-children-and-adolescents-during-and-after-covid-19/

Assessing coverage of interventions for reproductive, maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health and nutrition

Requejo J, Diaz T, Park L, Chou D, Choudhury A, Guthold R et al.. BMJ Global Health, 2020, https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.l6915

A forgotten group during humanitarian crises: a systematic review of sexual and reproductive health interventions for young people including adolescents in humanitarian settings

Jennings L, George A, Jacobs, T, et al.. Conflict and Health, 2019, https://doi.org/10.1186/s13031-019-0240-y

How to use relevant data for maximal benefit with minimal risk: digital health data governance to protect vulnerable populations in low income and middle-income countries

Tiffin N, George A, LeFevre AE.. BMJ Global Health, 2019, doi:10.1136/bmjgh-2019-001395

Donor funding for family planning: levels and trends between 2003 and 2013

Grollman C, Cavallaro FL, Duclos D, Bakare V, Mart__nez _Ålvarez M, Borghi J.. Health Policy Plan, 2018, doi:10.1093/heapol/czy006

Reproductive, Maternal, Neonatal and Child Health in Conflict: A Case Study on Syria Using Countdown Indicators.

DeJong J, Ghattas H, Bashour H, Mourtada R, Akik C, Reese-Masterson. BMJ Global Health, 2017, doi:10.1136/bmjgh-2017-000302

Coverage and inequalities in maternal and child health interventions in Afghanistan

Akseer, N., Bhatti, Z., Rizvi, A. et al.. BMC Public Health, 2016, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-016-3406-1

Remaining missed opportunities of child survival in Peru: modelling mortality impact of universal and equitable coverage of proven interventions

Tam Y, Huicho L, Huayanay-Espinoza CA, Restrepo-M_©ndez MC.. BMC Public Health, 2016, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-016-3668-7

Estimating family planning coverage from contraceptive prevalence using national household surveys.

Barros A, Boerma T, Hosseinpoor A, Restrepo-M_©ndez M, Wong K, Victora C.. Global Health Action, 2015, doi:10.3402/gha.v8.29735

Maternal mortality in Bangladesh: a Countdown to 2015 country case study

El Arifeen S, Hill K, Ahsan KZ, et al.. The Lancet, 2014, doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(14)60955-7

Monitoring maternal, newborn and child health: understanding key progress indicators

This report has been co-produced by Countdown to 2015 and the Health Metrics Network.. Countdown Report, 2011,

Comment: Delivering for women and children

Stoltenberg J,. The Lancet, 2008, doi:1016/S0140-6736(08)60540-1

Countdown to 2030: West Africa Initiative on Nutrition: Leaving No Woman and Child Behind: Inequalities in Nutrition Coverage and Status Among Women, Children and Adolescents in West Africa

Countdown to 2030 Collaboration.. , 2020, https://www.countdown2030.org/countdown-news/technical-report-release-countdown-to-2030-west-african-initiative-on-nutrition

How can we realise the full potential of health systems for nutrition?

Heidkamp RA, Wilson E, Menon P, Kuo H, Walton S, Gatica-Domínguez G et al.. BMJ Global Health, 2020, https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.l6911

Implementation of maternal and perinatal death reviews: a scoping review protocol

Kinney MV, Walugembe DR, Wanduru P, et al.. BMJ Open, 2019, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-031328

Data quality self-assessment of child health and sexual reproductive health indicators in Botswana, 2016-2017

Tlale LB, Morake B, Lesetedi O, Maribe L, Masweu M, Faye C, Asiki G.. PLoS One, 2019, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0220313

Enabling reproductive, maternal, neonatal and child health interventions: Time trends and driving factors of health expenditure in the successful story of Peru.

Huicho L, Huayanay-Espinoza CA, Hernandez P, Nino de Guzman J, Rivera-CH M.. PLOS One, 2018, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0206455. eCollection 2018.

The SWPER index for women’s empowerment in Africa: development and validation of an index based on survey data

Ewerling F, Lynch JW, Victora CG, van Eerdewijk A, Tyszler M, Barros AJD⁴.. The Lancet Global Health, 2017, doi:10.1016/S2214-109X(17)30292-9

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

Akseer N, Salehi A, Hossain S et al.. The Lancet Global Health, 2016, doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(16)30002-X.

Countdown to 2030 for reproductive, maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health and nutrition

Victora C, Requejo J, Boerma T, Amouzou A, Bhutta ZA, Black RE, Chopra M; Countdown to 2030.. The Lancet Global Health, 2016, https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(16)30204-2

Moving ahead: what will a renewed Countdown to 2030 for Women and Children look like?

Bhutta ZA, Chopra M.. The Lancet, 2015, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(15)00527-9

National health policy-makers’ views on the clarity and utility of Countdown to 2015 country profiles and reports: findings from two exploratory qualitative studies

Hunter BM, Requejo J et al.. Health Research Policy and Systems, 2014, doi:10.1186/1478-4505-12-40

Countdown to 2015: assessment of official development assistance to maternal, newborn, and child health, 200308

Pitt C, Greco G, Powell-Jackson T, Mills A.. The Lancet, 2010, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(10)61302-5

Editorial: South Africa in the spotlight

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Health services for women, children and adolescents in conflict affected settings: experience from North and South Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo

Altare C, Malembaka EB, Tosha M. et al.. Conflict and Health, 2020, https://doi.org/10.1186/s13031-020-00265-1

Structural determinants of gender inequality: why they matter for adolescent girls’ sexual and reproductive health

George AS, Amin A, de Abreu Lopes CM, Ravindran TKS. BMJ Global Health, 2020, https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.l6985

Generating statistics from health facility data: the state of routine health information systems in Eastern and Southern Africa

Ma_Øga A, Jiwani SS, Mutua MK, et al.. BMJ Global Health, 2019, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2019-001849

Ethnicity is strongly associated with under-five mortality: analyses of demographic surveys covering 415 ethnic groups in 36 low-and middle-income countries

Victora CG, Barros AJD, Blumenber C et al.. The Lancet Global Health, 2020, https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(20)30025-5

Understanding drivers of domestic public expenditure on reproductive, maternal, neonatal and child health in Peru at district level: an ecological study.

Huicho L. Hernandez P, Huayanay-Espinoza CA, Segura ER, Nino de Guzman J, Flores-Cordova G, Rivera-Ch M, Friedman HS, Berman P.. BMC Health Services Research, 2018, doi: 10.1186/s12913-018-3649-x

Measuring socioeconomic inequalities with predicted absolute incomes rather than wealth quintiles: a comparative assessment using child stunting data from national surveys.

Fink G, Victora CG, Harttgen K, Vollmer S, Vidaletti LP, Barros AJD.. American Journal of Public Health, 2017, doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2017.303657

Achieving maternal and child health gains in Afghanistan: a Countdown to 2015 country case study by Akseer et al., 2016.

Amouzou A, Requejo J, Park L, Peters DH.. The Lancet Global Health, 2016, doi: 10.21037/jphe.2016.12.18

Breastfeeding in the 21st century: epidemiology, mechanisms, and lifelong effect

Victora CG, Bahl R, Barros AJ, Franca GV, Horton S, Krasevec J, et al.. The Lancet, 2016, DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(15)01024-7

Special Issue: Family Planning

Byass P.. Global Health Action, 2015, doi:10.3402/gha.v8.30086

Maternal, Child Nutrition in the 75 Countdown countries

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Saving Newborn Lives in Nigeria: Newborn health in the context of the Integrated Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Strategy

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Countdown to 2015: Will the Millennium Development Goal for child survival be met?

Lawn J, Costello A, Mwansambo C, Osrin D.. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 2007, doi:10.1136/adc.2006.099291

Investigating the delivery of health and nutrition interventions for women and children in conflict settings: a collection of case studies from the BRANCH Consortium

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Adolescent sexual and reproductive health in sub-Saharan Africa: who is left behind?

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