Monitoring progress towards Universal Health Care District EPHS implementation
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Pakistan Provincial Profiles
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View ResourceEstablishing 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, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-021-06172-2
View ResourceImproving 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, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-021-06189-7
View ResourceIs 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, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-021-06171-3
View ResourceA 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, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-021-06370-y
View ResourceEstimation of Ethiopia’s immunization coverage – 20 years of discrepancies
Pond B, Bekele A, Mounier-Jack S, Teklie H, Getachew T. BMC, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-021-06568-0
View ResourceThe 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, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-021-06143-7
View ResourceMeasuring 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, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-021-06529-7
View ResourceCan 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, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-021-06554-6
View ResourceThe 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, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-021-06652-5
View ResourceImproving 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, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-021-06649-0
View ResourceStrengthening 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
View ResourceZero-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
View ResourcePlanning 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
View ResourceNational 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
View ResourceMonitoring 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
View ResourceMaternal 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
View ResourceLevels 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
View ResourceIs 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
View ResourceFinding 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
View ResourceA 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
View ResourceA 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
View ResourceFalling 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
View ResourceAre 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, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12978-021-01121-y
View ResourceExamining 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, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12978-021-01111-0
View ResourceIntimate 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, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12978-021-01077-z
View ResourceHIV 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
View ResourceWealth-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
View ResourceInequalities 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
View ResourceAdolescent sexual and reproductive health for all in sub-Saharan Africa: a spotlight on inequalities
Chandra-Mouli, V., Neal, S. & Moller, AB.. BMC, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12978-021-01145-4
View ResourceDelivery 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,
View ResourceDistrict-level estimation of vaccination coverage: Discrete vs continuous spatial models.
Utazi CE, Nilsen K, Parnell, O., et al.. Wiley Online Library , 2021, https://doi.org/10.1002/sim.8897
View ResourceGeographical 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
View ResourceAvoiding 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. Wiley Online Library , 2021, https://doi.org/10.1111/1758-5899.12909
View ResourceEXPERT GROUP WORKSHOP ON WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT IN THE LATIN AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN COUNTRIES
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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
View ResourceClosing inequality gaps: Prioritizing nutrition among women and adolescents in West Africa
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View ResourceInequalities 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
View ResourceA 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
View ResourceDemocratic South Africa at 25 – a conceptual framework and narrative review of the social and structural determinants of adolescent health
George A., Jacobs T.,. BMC, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12992-021-00679-3
View ResourceMobilising 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
View ResourceMaternal 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. Oxford Academic , 2021, https://doi.org/10.1093/heapol/czab011
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George A, Jacobs T, Ved R, Jacobs T, Rasanathan K, Zaidi S. . BMJ, 2020, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2020-004448
View ResourceEffective 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
View ResourceRevisiting 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
View ResourceCountdown to 2015 country case studies: analysing progress towards maternal and child survival in the Millennium Development Goal era
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Countdown to 2030 Collaboration. Haiti on the pathway to 2030, what has been done so far? A Haiti country-case study
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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
View ResourceConsumption 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
View ResourceAssociation 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
View ResourceTrends 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
View ResourceLarge 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
View ResourceDoes 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.
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View ResourceReligious 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
View ResourceAddressing 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
View ResourcePatterns 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,
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Bouilly R, Gatica-Domínguez G, Mesenburg M, et al.. PubMed, 2020, 10.26633/RPSP.2020.144
View ResourceAre 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
View ResourceFirst-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
View ResourceAfter COVID-19, a future for the world’s children
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View ResourceDoes 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,
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George A, McConville F, deVries S, Nigenda G, Sarfraz S, McIsaac M.. BMJ, 2020,
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Blumenberg C, Hellwig F, Ewerling F, Barros AJD. BMC, 2020, doi: 10.1186/s12978-020-00931-w.
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Requejo J, Diaz T, Boerma T, Victora C, Hoope-Bender P.. BMJ Opinion , 2020,
View ResourceMeasurement and accountability for maternal, newborn and child health: fit for 2030?
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View ResourceSDG3-Related Inequalities in Women’s, Children’s, and Adolescents’ Health: A Baseline for Latin America and the Caribbean.
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View ResourceEthnic 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.
View ResourceThe 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
View ResourceThe 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
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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
View ResourceEndline review of the Investment Case for Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health Sharpened Plan in Uganda
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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
View ResourceA 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
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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
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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
View ResourceDelivering 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
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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
View ResourceThe 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
View ResourceMeasurement 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
View ResourceIntimate partner violence in 46 low-income and middle-income countries: an appraisal of the most vulnerable groups of women using national health surveys
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View ResourceGeospatial estimation of reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health indicators: a systematic review of methodological aspects of studies based on household surveys
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View ResourceAdvancing women’s, children’s, and adolescents’ health and equity
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View ResourceEvery Newborn-BIRTH protocol: observational study validating indicators for coverage and quality of maternal and newborn health care in Bangladesh, Nepal and Tanzania.
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View ResourceArmed conflicts and national trends in reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health in sub-Saharan Africa: what can national health surveys tell us?
Boerma T, Tappis H, Saad-Haddad G, et al. BMJ Global Health, 2019, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2018-001300
View ResourceCountdown to 2030: tracking progress towards universal coverage for reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health
Countdown to 2030 Collaboration.. The Lancet, 2018, doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(18)30104-1
View ResourceInequalities in child mortality: real data or modelled estimates?
Victora CG, Boerma T.. The Lancet Global Health, 2018, https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(18)30109-8
View ResourceHealth workforce metrics pre- and post-2015: a stimulus to public policy and planning
Pozo-Martin F, Nove A, Castro Lopes S, Campbell J, Buchan J, Dussault G, Kunjumen T, Cometto G, Siyam A.. Human Resources for Health, 2017, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12960-017-0190-7
View ResourceInequalities in the coverage of place of delivery and skilled birth attendance: analyses of cross-sectional surveys in 80 low and middle-income countries.
Joseph G, Silva ICM, Wehrmeister FC, Barros AJD, Victora CG.. Reproductive Health, 2016,
View ResourceSubnational variation for care at birth in Tanzania: is this explained by place, people, money or drugs?.
Armstrong, C.E., Martínez-Álvarez, M., Singh, N.S. et al.. BMC Public Health, 2016, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-016-3404-3
View ResourceThe post-2015 agenda: staying the course in maternal and child survival
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View ResourceCountdown to 2015: changes in official development assistance to maternal, newborn, and child health in 2009-10, and assessment of progress since 2003
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