The concept of nurturing care for young children was outlined in the 2017 Lancet Series Advancing Early Childhood Development From Science to Scale (https://www.thelancet.com/series/ECD2016) and developed into a framework by WHO, UNICEF, the World Bank collaborating with a large number of academics and representatives of civil society. The Nurturing Care...
In June 2019, BMJ Global Health published a supplement with six papers by the Countdown to 2030 to address the challenges in measurement and monitoring of reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health and nutrition (RMNCH&N) in the context of the sustainable development goals. The six-paper series seeks to advance the...
After two successful analysis workshops organized in November 2017 and July 2018 that brought together government officials and academics from ESA countries, APHRC has supported the dissemination and knowledge translation of the evidence generated further to the analysis workshops. In Uganda, APHRC supported the implementation of in-country dissemination activities targeting...
Global Symposium on Health Systems Research 2018 Satellite Session Liverpool, United Kingdom Leaving no woman, no child behind: what evidence on inequalities for RMNCH is needed to advocate and act?” Date: Monday, October 8, 2018 Time: 9:00-17:00 Location: ACC Liverpool, UK – Room 3B Kings Dock, Liverpool L3...
Countdown to 2030 lets the data speak. Read more in these recent thought pieces published in the Lancet: Countdown Commentary (May 2018) on analyzing inequalities in child mortality. Countdown Viewpoint (April 2018) on monitoring country progress and achievements through global predictions.
In The Lancet Global Health, Marilia Mesenburg and colleagues present Countdown analyses of the ethnic gaps in coverage of reproductive, maternal, and child health (RMNCH) services across 16 Latin American and Caribbean countries. This important study could help to address health equity problems for ethnic minority populations in these regions.”...
Tracking donor aid for global health goals: A systematic comparison of four approaches applied to reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health. How much aid really supports reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health (RMNCH)? New research published in The Lancet Global Health shows that four high-profile estimates – from the Countdown...
Strengthening the tracking of official development assistance and domestic financing for women’s, children’s and adolescents’ health Countdown to 2030 and the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health (PMNCH) organized a consultation on the tracking of global and domestic financing for women’s, children’s and adolescents’ health (WCAH) at the London...
Let the Data Speak
11 Dec 2017 Countdown to 2030 launched its detailed country and equity profiles on women’s, children’s and adolescents’ health for the 81 countries that account for 95% of all maternal deaths and 90% of all child deaths at the PMNCH Board retreat in Lilongwe, Malawi on December 13th. Malawi stands out because of...
