Countdown Publications

2020

• Countdown to 2030 West African Initiative on Nutrition; Leaving No Woman and Child Behind: Inequalities in Nutrition Coverage and Status Among Women, Children and Adolescents in West Africa: A Multi-Country Analysis. May, 2020.
• 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 (2016–2030). Geneva: World Health Organization and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF); 2020.
• Requejo J, Diaz T, Boerma T, Victora C, Hoope-Bender P. Delivering for women, children, and adolescents during and after covid-19. BMJ Opinion. 2020, September 23.
• Altare C, Malembaka EB, Tosha M. et al.Health services for women, children and adolescents in conflict affected settings: experience from North and South Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo. Confl Health 2020 14,  doi:10.1186/s13031-020-00265-1
• Ataullahjan A, Gaffey MF, Sami S. et al.Investigating the delivery of health and nutrition interventions for women and children in conflict settings: a collection of case studies from the BRANCH Consortium. Confl Health 2020 14,  doi:10.1186/s13031-020-00276-y
• Dingle A, Schäferhoff M, Borghi J, Sabin ML, Arregoces L, Martinez-Alvarez M, et al. Estimates of aid for reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health: findings from application of the Muskoka2 method, 2002–17. Lancet doi:10.1016/S2214-109X(20)30005-X
• Gil JDC, Ewerling F, Ferreira LZ, Barros AJD. Early childhood suspected developmental delay in 63 low- and middle-income countries: Large within- and between-country inequalities documented using national health surveys. J Glob Health. 2020 Jun; 10(1): 010427.
• Martinez-Alvarez M, Federspiel, F, Singh N, Schäferhoff M, Sabin ML, Onoka C et al. Equity of resource flows for reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health: are those most in need being left behind? BMJ 2020; 36. doi:1136/bmj.m305
• Sami S, Mayai, A, Sheehy G. et al.Maternal and child health service delivery in conflict-affected settings: a case study example from Upper Nile and Unity states, South Sudan. Confl Health 2020 14,  doi:10.1186/s13031-020-00272-2
• Wehrmeister FC, Fayé CM, da Silva ICM, et al. Wealth-related inequalities in the coverage of reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health interventions in 36 countries in the African Region. Bull World Health Organ. 2020; 98(6):394-405. doi:10.2471/BLT.19.249078

Supplement

Leaving no woman, no child, and no adolescent behind. BMJ Global Health 2020: Volume 2

2019

• Azzopardi PS, Hearps SJC , Francis KL et al. Progress in adolescent health and wellbeing: tracking 12 headline indicators for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2016. Lancet doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(18)32427-9
• Barros AJD, Victora CG, Wehrmeister FC, editors. Desigualdades em saúde materno-infantil no Brasil: 20 anos de progresso. Pelotas: Editora UFPel; 2019.
• Bhutta ZA, Victora C, Boerma T, Kruk ME, Patton G, Black MM, Sawyer S, Horton S, Black RE, Horton Rand Lancet Optimising Child Health Series Steering Committee. Optimising the continuum of child and adolescent health and development. Lancet 2019;393(10176):1080-1082. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(19)30488-X
• Coll CVN, Ewerling F, Hellwig F, et al. Contraception in adolescence: the influence of parity and marital status on contraceptive use in 73 low-and middle-income countries. Reproductive Health 2019 Feb; 16:21.doi:10.1186/s12978-019-0686-9
• Costa JC, Weber AM, Darmstadt GL, Abdalla S, Victora CG. Religious affiliation, gender and child health outcomes in 16 African low- and middle-income countries. Vaccine doi:10.1016/j.vaccine.2019.11.024
• Day LT, Ruysen H, Goreev VS, et al. “Every Newborn-BIRTH” protocol: observational study validating indicators for coverage and quality of maternal and newborn health care in Bangladesh, Nepal and Tanzania. J of Glob Health 2019 Jun; 9(1): 010902. doi:10.7189/jogh.09.01902
• Gatica-Dominguez G, Victora C, Barros AJD. Ethnic inequalities and trends in stunting prevalence among Guatemalan children: an analysis using national health surveys 1995-2014. International Journal for Equity in Health 2019; 18(1):110. doi:10.1186/s12939-019-1016-0
• George AS, Amin A, GarcÍa-Moreno C, Sen G, Gender equality and health: laying the foundations for change. Lancet 2019; Volume 393, Issue 10189, Pages 2369-2371. doi:1016/S0140-6736(19)30987-0
• Guo S, Carvajal-Aguirre L, Victora CG, BarrosAJD, Wehrmeister FC, et al. Equitable coverage? The roles of the private and public sectors in providing maternal, newborn and child health interventions in South Asia. BMJ Global Health 2019(4): e001495. doi:1136/bmjgh-2019-001495
• Hellwig F, Coll CVN, Ewerling F, Barros AJD. Time trends in demand for family planning satisfied: analysis of 73 countries using national health surveys over a 24-year period. Journal of Global Health 2019 (9):020423. doi:7189/jogh.09.020423
• Jennings L, George A, Jacobs, T, et al. A forgotten group during humanitarian crises: a systematic review of sexual and reproductive health interventions for young people including adolescents in humanitarian settings. Conflict & Health 2019, 13, 57 doi:1186/s13031-019-0240-y
• Kinney MV, Walugembe DR, Wanduru P, et al. Implementation of maternal and perinatal death reviews: a scoping review protocol.BMJ Open 2019;9:e031328. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2019-031328
• Maïga A, Jiwani SS, Mutua MK, et al. Generating statistics from health facility data: the state of routine health information systems in Eastern and Southern Africa. BMJ Global Health2019; 4:e001849. doi:10.1136/bmjgh-2019-001849
• Manu A, Ewerling F, Barros AJD. 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. J Glob Health 2019 Jun; 9(1). doi:10.7189/jogh.09.010403
• Marchant, T, et al. Measurement of reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health and nutrition. BMJ Global Health 2019; 4(4): i111-i161.
• Moreira LR; Ewerling F; Barros, AJD; Silveira, MF. 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. Reproductive Health 2019; 16(1): 148. doi:1186/s12978-019-0805-7
• Neves PAR, Gatica-Domínguez G, Rollins NC, Piwoz E, Baker P, et al. Infant Formula Consumption Is Positively Correlated with Wealth, Within and Between Countries: A Multi-Country Study. Journal of Nutrition doi:10.1093/jn/nxz327
• Reyes Matos U, Mesenburg MA, Victora CG. Socioeconomic inequalities in the prevalence of underweight, overweight, and obesity among women aged 20–49 in low- and middle-income countries. International Journal of Obesity 44, 609–616. doi:10.1038/s41366-019-0503-0
• Schneider H, van der Merwe M, Marutla B, Cupido J, Kauchali S. 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. Health Policy and Planning 2019, 34; 6; 430-439. doi:1093/heapol/czz060
• Tiffin N, George A, LeFevre AE. 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. BMJ Glob Health2019;4:e001395. doi:10.1136/bmjgh-2019-001395
• Tlale LB, Morake B, Lesetedi O, Maribe L, Masweu M, Faye C, Asiki G. Data quality self-assessment of child health and sexual reproductive health indicators in Botswana, 2016-2017. PLoS One 2019;14(8):e0220313. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0220313
• Victora CG, Barros AJD, Blumenber C et al. Ethnicity is strongly associated with under-five mortality: analyses of demographic surveys covering 415 ethnic groups in 36 low-and middle-income countries. Lancet Global Health doi:10.1016/S2214-109X(20)30025-5
• Weber AM, Cislaghi B, Meausoone V, Abdalla S, Mejía-Guevara I, Loftus P, et al. Gender norms and health: insights from global survey data. Lancet 2019; 393(10189). doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(19)30765-2

Supplement

Measurement of reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health and nutrition. BMJ Global Health 2019 July. Volume 4, Supplement 4.

2018

• Akseer N, Kamali M, Bakhache N, Mirza M, Mehta S, Al-Gashm S, Bhutta ZA. Status and drivers of maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health in the Islamic world: a comparative analysis. Lancet 2018 Jan 30. pii: S0140-6736(18)30183-1. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(18)30183-1
• Barros AJD. The charade of socioeconomic body-mass index determinants. Lancet Glob Health 2018 Jul; 6(7):pe710-711. doi:1016/S2214-109X(18)30282-1
• Boatin AA, Schlotheuber A, Betran AP, et al. Within country inequalities in caesarean section rates: observational study of 72 low and middle income countries. BMJ 2018 Jan; 360:k55. doi:10.1136/bmj.k55
• Boerma T, Lawn JE. Delivering data on pregnancy outcomes through prospective studies in high-burden settings. The Lancet Global Health2018; 6(12): e1256-e7. doi:1016/S2214-109X(18)30419-4
• Boerma T, Ronsmans C, Melesse DY,Barros AJD, Barros FC, Juan L, Moller AB, Say L, Hosseinpoor AR, Yi M, de Lyra Rabello Neto D, Temmerman M et al. Global epidemiology of use of and disparities in caesarean sections. Lancet 2018; 392(10155): 1341-8. doi:1016/S0140-6736(18)31928-7
• Boerma T, Victora C, Abouzahr C. Monitoring country progress and achievements by making global predictions: is the tail wagging the dog?Lancet 2018; 392(10147): 607-9. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(18)30586-5
• Borghi J, Munthali S, Million LB, Martinez-Alvarez M. Health financing at district level in Malawi: an analysis of the distribution of funds at two points in time. Health policy and planning 2018;33(1):59-69. doi:10.1093/heapol/czx130
• Countdown to 2030 Collaboration. Countdown to 2030: tracking progress towards universal coverage for reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health. Lancet 2018 Jan 30. pii: S0140-6736(18)30104-1. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(18)30104-1
• da Silva ICM, Franca GV, Barros AJD, Amouzou A, Krasevec J, Victora CG. Socioeconomic Inequalities Persist Despite Declining Stunting Prevalence in Low- and Middle-Income Countries. J Nutr 2018;148(2):254-58. doi:1093/jn/nxx050
• da Silva ICM, Restrepo-Mendez MC, Costa JC, Ewerling F, Hellwig F, Ferreira LZ, et al. Mensuração de desigualdades sociais em saúde: conceitos e abordagens metodológicas no contexto brasileiro. Epidemiologia e Serviços de Saúde 2018; 27(1):e000100017. doi:5123/s1679-49742018000100017
• Dalglish SL, Vogel JJ, Begkoyian G, et al. Future directions for reducing inequity and maximising impact of child health strategies. BMJ 2018 Jul; 362:k2684. doi:10.1136/bmj.k2684
• Ewerling F, Victora CG, Raj A, Coll CVN, Hellwig F, Barros AJD. Demand for family planning satisfied with modern methods among sexually active women in low- and middle-income countries: who is lagging behind?. Reprod Health 2018;15(1):42. doi:1186/s12978-018-0483-x
• Grollman C, Cavallaro FL, Duclos D, Bakare V, Martínez Álvarez M, Borghi J. Donor funding for family planning: levels and trends between 2003 and 2013. Health Policy Plan 2018 May 1;33(4):574-582. doi:10.1093/heapol/czy006
• Huicho L, Huayanay-Espinoza CA, Hernandez P, Nino de Guzman J, Rivera-CH M. Enabling reproductive, maternal, neonatal and child health interventions:  Time trends and driving factors of health expenditure in the successful story of Peru. PLOS One 2018; 12(10):e0206455. doi:1371/journal.pone.0206455
• Huicho L. Hernandez P, Huayanay-Espinoza CA, Segura ER, Nino de Guzman J, Flores-Cordova G, Rivera-Ch M, Friedman HS, Berman P. Understanding drivers of domestic public expenditure on reproductive, maternal, neonatal and child health in Peru at district level: an ecological study. BMC Health Services Research 2018, 18:833. doi:1186/s12913-018-3649-x
• Joseph G, da Silva ICM, Barros AJD. Socioeconomic inequalities in access to skilled birth attendance among urban and rural women in low-income and middle-income countries. BMJ Glob Health 2018 Aug; 3:e000898. doi:10.1136/ bmjgh-2018-000898
• Joseph G, da Silva ICM, Fink G, Barros AJD, Victora CG. Absolute income is a better predictor of coverage by skilled birth attendance than relative wealth quintiles in a multicountry analysis: comparison of 100 low- and middle-income countries. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth 2018;18(1):104. doi:1186/s12884-018-1734-0
• Keats EC, Akseer N, Bhatti Z, et al. Assessment of inequalities in coverage of essential reproductive, maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health interventions in Kenya. JAMA Netw Open 2018;1(8):e185152. doi:1136/bmjgh-2017-000655
• Keats EC, Macharia W, Singh NS, et al. Accelerating Kenya’s progress to 2030: understanding the determinants of under-five mortality from 1990 to 2015. BMJ Glob Health 2018;3:e000655. doi:1136/bmjgh-2017-000655
• Khan SM, Kim ET, Singh K, et al. Thermal care of newborns: drying and bathing practices in Malawi and Bangladesh. Journal of Global Health 2018 Jun; 8(1):010901. doi:10.7189/jogh.08.010901
• Kuruvilla S, Hinton R, Boerma T, Bunney R, Casamitjana N, Cortez R, et al. Business not as usual: how multisectoral collaboration can promote transformative change for health and sustainable development BMJ 2018; 363. doi:10.1136/bmj.k4771
• Mesenburg MA, Restrepo-Mendez MC, Hugo Amigo,  Balandrán AD, Barbosa-Verdun MA, Caicedo-Velásquez B, Carvajal-Aguirre L, Coimbra CEA,  Ferreira LZ, del Pilar Flores-Quispe M, Flores-Ramírez C,  Gatica-Dominguez G, Huicho L, Jinesta-Campos K, Krishnadath ISK, Maia FS, Marquez-Callisaya IA,  Martinez MM, Mujica OJ, Pingray V, Retamoso A, Ríos-Quituizaca P,  Velásquez-Rivas J, Viáfara-López CA, Walrond S, Wehrmeister FC,  Del Popolo F,  Barros AJ,  Victora CG. Ethnic group inequalities in coverage with reproductive, maternal and child health interventions: cross-sectional analyses of national surveys in 16 Latin American and Caribbean countries. Lancet Global Health 2018 Aug. 6(8), e902-913. doi:1016/S2214-109X(18)30300-0
• Pitt C, Grollman C, Martinez-Alvarez M, Arregoces L, Borghi J.  Tracking aid for global health goals:  a systematic comparison of four approaches applied to reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health. Lancet Global Health 2018 Aug. 6(8), e859-e874. doi:1016/S2214-109X(18)30276-6
• Victora CG, Boerma T. Inequalities in child mortality: real data or modelled estimates? The Lancet Global health2018; 6(5): e477-e8. doi:1016/S2214-109X(18)30109-8
• Victora CG, Joseph G, Silva ICM, Maia FS, Vaughan JP, Barros FC, et al. The Inverse Equity Hypothesis: analyses of institutional deliveries in 286 national surveys. Am J Public Health 2018;138:e1-e8. doi:2105/AJPH.2017.304277

2017

• Bhatia A, Ferreira LZ, Barros AJD, Victora CG. 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. Int J Equity Health 2017;16(148). doi:1186/s12939-017-0635-6
• Costa JC, Silva ICM, Victora CG. Gender bias in under-five mortality in low/middle-income countries.BMJ Global Health 2017;2(2). doi:1136/bmjgh-2017-000350
• Costa JC, Wehrmeister FC, Barros AJD, Victora CG. Gender bias in careseeking practices in 57 low– and middle–income countries. J Glob Health 2017;7(1):010418. doi:7189/jogh.07.010418
• DeJong J, Ghattas H, Bashour H, Mourtada R, Akik C, Reese-Masterson Reproductive, Maternal, Neonatal and Child Health in Conflict: A Case Study on Syria Using Countdown Indicators. BMJ Global Health 2017; 2:e000302. doi:10.1136/bmjgh-2017-000302
• Ewerling F, Lynch JW, Victora CG, van Eerdewijk A, Tyszler M, Barros AJD⁴. The SWPER index for women’s empowerment in Africa: development and validation of an index based on survey data. The Lancet Global Health 2017 Sep;5(9):e916-e923. doi:10.1016/S2214-109X(17)30292-9
• Fink G, Victora CG, Harttgen K, Vollmer S, Vidaletti LP, Barros AJD. Measuring socioeconomic inequalities with predicted absolute incomes rather than wealth quintiles: a comparative assessment using child stunting data from national surveys. Am J Public Health 2017; e1-e6. doi:2105/AJPH.2017.303657
• Gao, Y, Zhou H, Singh N, Powell-Jackson T, Nash S, Yang M, Guo S, Fang H, Martinez Alvarez M, Liu X, Pan J, Wang Y, and Ronsmans C. Progress and challenges in maternal health in western China: a Countdown to 2015 national case study. The Lancet Global Health. March 2017. doi:1016/S2214-109X(17)30100-6
• Grollman C, Arregoces L, Martínez-Álvarez M, Pitt C, Mills A, Borghi J. 11 years of tracking aid to reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health: estimates and analysis for 2003-13 from the Countdown to 2015. The Lancet Global Health 2017, Volume 5, Issue 1, pages e104-114. doi:1016/S2214-109X(16)30304-7
• Grollman C, Arregoces L, Martinez-Alvarez M, Pitt C, Powell-Jackson T, Hsu J, Greco G, Borghi J. Developing a dataset to track aid for reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health, 2003–2013.  Scientific Data2017, Article number: 170038. doi:10.1038/sdata.2017.38
• Huicho L,  Huayanay-Espinoza CA,  Herrera-Perez E,  Segura ER,  Niño de Guzman J, Rivera-Ch M,  Barros AJD. Factors behind the success story of under-five stunting in Peru: a district ecological multilevel analysis. BMC Pediatrics 17:29. doi:1186/s12887-017-0790
• Keats EC, Ngugi A, Macharia W, Akseer N, Khaemba EN, Bhatti Z, Rizvi A, Tole J, Bhutta ZA. Progress and priorities for reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health in Kenya: a Countdown to 2015 country case study. The Lancet Global Health 2017 Aug;5(8):e782-e795. doi:1016/S2214-109X(17)30246-2
• Malik MA, Nahyoun AS, Rizvi A, Bhatti ZA, Bhutta ZA.  Expenditure tracking and review of reproductive maternal, newborn and child health policy in Pakistan. Health Policy Plan 2017 July; 32, 6, (781–790). doi:1093/heapol/czx021
• Martinez-Alvarez M, Acharya A, Arregoces L, Brearley L, Pitt C, Grollman C, Borghi J. Trends in the alignment and harmonization of reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health funding, 2008-13.  Health Affairs 2017:36(11). doi:1377/hlthaff.2017.0364
• Pitt C, Grollman C, Martínez-Álvarez M, Arregoces L, Lawn JE, Borghi J. Countdown to 2015: an analysis of donor funding for prenatal and neonatal health, 2003-2013. BMJ Global Health 2017 April. doi:1093/heapol/czx021
• Pozo-Martin F, Nove A, Castro Lopes S, Campbell J, Buchan J, Dussault G, Kunjumen T, Cometto G, Siyam A. Health workforce metrics pre- and post-2015: a stimulus to public policy and planning. Human Resources for Health 2017 Feb; 15:14. doi:10.1186/s12960-017-0190-7
• Ruducha J, Mann C, Singh NS, Gemebo TD, Tessema NS, Baschieri A, Friberg I, Zerfu TA, Yassin M, Franca GA, Berman P. How Ethiopia achieved Millennium Development Goal 4 through multisectoral interventions: a Countdown to 2015 case study. Lancet Global Health 2017 Nov;5(11):e1142-e1151. doi:1016/S2214-109X(17)30331-5
• Victora CG, Barros AJD, França GVA, Silva ICM, Carvajal-Velez L, Amouzou A. 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. Lancet Global Health doi:10.1016/S2214-109X(17)30077-3
• Wehrmeister FC, da Silva CM, Barros AJD, Victora CG. 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. BMJ Global Health 2017;2:e000437. doi:1136/ bmjgh-2017-000437
• Wong KLM, Restrepo-Méndez MC, Barros AJD, Victora CG. Socioeconomic inequalities in skilled birth attendance and child stunting in selected low and middle income countries: Wealth quintiles or deciles? PLOS ONE. 2017;12(5):e0174823. doi:1371/journal.pone.0174823

2016

• Akseer N, Bhatti Z, Rizvi A, Salehi AS, Mashal T, Zulfiqar A. Bhutta AZ. Coverage and inequalities in maternal and child health interventions in Afghanistan. BMC Public Health 2016 16(Suppl 2):797. doi:s12889-016-3406-1
• Akseer N, Salehi A, Hossain S et al. Achieving maternal and child health gains in Afghanistan: a Countdown to 2015 country case study. The Lancet Global Health2016; 4: e395-e413. doi:1016/S2214-109X(16)30002-X
• Amouzou A, Requejo J, Park L, Peters DH. Achieving maternal and child health gains in Afghanistan: a Countdown to 2015 country case study by Akseer et al., 2016. The Lancet Global Health2016;4:e395-413. Commentary in Public Health Emerg 2016;1:39. doi:21037/jphe.2016.12.18
• Barros, AJD, Ewerling, F. Early childhood development: a new challenge for the SDG era. Lancet Global Health 2016;4(12):e873-e4. doi:1016/S2214-109X(16)30298-4
• Bryce J, Colbourn T et al. Malawi and Millennium Development Goal 4: a Countdown to 2015 country case study.The Lancet Global Health 2016 January. doi:1016/S2214-109X(15)00294-6
• Carvajal-Vélez L, Amouzou A, Perin J, Maïga A, Tarekegn H, Akinyemi A, Shiferaw S, Young M, Bryce J, Newby H. Diarrhea management in children under five in sub-Saharan Africa: does the source of care matter? A Countdown analysis. BMC Public Health2016; 16:830. doi:1186/s12889-016-3475-1
• França GVA, Restrepo-Méndez MC, Maia MFS, Victora CG, Barros AJD. Coverage and equity in reproductive and maternal health interventions in Brazil: impressive progress following the implementation of the Unified Health System. Int J Equity Health 2016;15(1):149. doi:1186/s12939-016-0445-2
• Gon G, Restrepo-Méndez MC, Campbell,OMR, Barros AJD, Woodd S, Benova L, (2016) Who Delivers without Water? A Multi Country Analysis of Water and Sanitation in the Childbirth Environment. PLoS ONE 2016; 11(8): e0160572. doi:1371/journal.pone.0160572
• Hosseinpoor, AR, Bergen, N, Barros, AJ, Wong, KL, Boerma, T, Victora, CG. Monitoring subnational regional inequalities in health: measurement approaches and challenges. Int J Equity Health 2016;15(1):18. doi:1186/s12939-016-0307-y
• Hosseinpoor, AR, et al. State of inequality in diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis immunisation coverage in low-income and middle-income countries: a multicountry study of household health surveys. The Lancet Global Health 2016;4(9):e617-e26. doi:10.1016/S2214-109X(16)30141-3
• Huicho L, Segura ER, Huayanay-Espinoza CA, de Guzman JN, Restrepo-Méndez MC, Tam Y, et al. Child health and nutrition in Peru within an antipoverty political agenda: a Countdown to 2015 country case study. The Lancet Global Health 2016;4(6):e414-e26. doi:10.1016/S2214-109X(16)00085-1
• Joseph G, Silva ICM, Wehrmeister FC, Barros AJD, Victora CG. Inequalities in the coverage of place of delivery and skilled birth attendance: analyses of cross-sectional surveys in 80 low and middle-income countries. Reproductive Health 2016;13(1):1-13. doi:1186/s12978-016-0192-2
• Kanyuka M, Ndawala J, Mleme T et al. Malawi and Millennium Development Goal 4: a Countdown to 2015 country case study. The Lancet Global Health 2016; 4: e201-e214. doi:10.1016/S2214-109X(15)00294-6
• Leone T, Cetorelli V, Neal S, Matthews Z. Financial accessibility and user fee reforms for maternal healthcare in five sub-Saharan countries: a quasi-experimental analysis. BMJ Open 2016; 6:1 e009692. doi:1136/bmjopen-2015-009692
• Restrepo-Mendez MC, Barros AJ, Wong KL, Johnson HL, Pariyo G, Franca GV, et al. Inequalities in full immunization coverage: trends in low- and middle-income countries. Bull World Health Organ. 2016;94(11):794-805b. doi:2471/BLT.15.162172
• Restrepo-Mendez MC, Barros AJ, Wong KL, Johnson HL, Pariyo G, Wehrmeister FC, et al. Missed opportunities in full immunization coverage: findings from low- and lower-middle-income countries. Glob Health Action 2016;9:30963. doi:3402/gha.v9.30963
• Saad-Haddad G, DeJong J, Terreri N, Restrepo-Mendez MC, Perin J, Vaz L, et al. Patterns and determinants of antenatal care utilization: analysis of national survey data in seven countdown countries. J Glob Health 2016;6(1):010404. doi:7189/jogh.06.010404
• Tam Y, Huicho L, Huayanay-Espinoza CA, Restrepo-Méndez MC. Remaining missed opportunities of child survival in Peru: modelling mortality impact of universal and equitable coverage of proven interventions. BMC Public Health 2016; 16:1048. doi:1186/s12889-016-3668-7
• Victora C, Requejo J, Boerma T, Amouzou A, Bhutta ZA, Black RE, Chopra M; Countdown to 2030.  Countdown to 2030 for reproductive, maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health and nutrition. Lancet Global Health2016 Nov; 4(11):e775-e776. doi:10.1016/S2214-109X(16)30204-2
• Victora CG, Bahl R, Barros AJ, Franca GV, Horton S, Krasevec J, et al. Breastfeeding in the 21st century: epidemiology, mechanisms, and lifelong effect. Lancet 2016;387(10017):475-90. doi:1016/S0140-6736(15)01024-7
• Victora, C. Socioeconomic inequalities in Health: Reflections on the academic production from Brazil. International Journal for Equity in Health 2016;15(1):164. doi:1186/s12939-016-0456-z
• Wehrmeister FC, Restrepo-Mendez MC, França GVA, Victora CG, Barros AJD. Summary indices for monitoring universal coverage in maternal and child health care. Bull World Health Organ. 2016;94:903-12. doi:10.2471/BLT.16.173138

Supplement

Countdown to 2015 country case studies: analysing progress towards maternal and child survival in the Millennium Development Goal era. BMC Public Health 2016. Volume 16, Supplement 2

Countdown to 2015 Publications

2015

• Afnan-Holmes H, Magoma M, et al. 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. The Lancet Global Health 2015; 3: e396-409, July 2015. doi:1016/S2214-109X(15)00059-5
• Akinyemi A, Adedini S, Hounton S, et al. Contraceptive use and distribution of high-risk births in Nigeria: a sub-national analysis. Glob Health Action 2015;8:29745. doi:10.3402/gha.v8.29745
• Arregoces L, Daly F, Pitt C, et al. Countdown to 2015: changes in official development assistance to reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health, and assessment of progress between 2003 and 2012. The Lancet Global Health2015; 3, e410-421. doi:1016/S2214-109X(15)00057-1
• Barros A, Boerma T, Hosseinpoor A, Restrepo-Méndez M, Wong K, Victora C. Estimating family planning coverage from contraceptive prevalence using national household surveys. Glob Health Action 2015;8:29735. doi:10.3402/gha.v8.29735
• Barros AJ, Boerma T, Hosseinpoor AR, Restrepo-Méndez MC, Wong KL, Victora CG. Estimating family planning coverage from contraceptive prevalence using national household surveys. Glob Health Action 2015;8:29735. Published 2015 Nov 9. doi:10.3402/gha.v8.29735
• Bhutta ZA, Chopra M. Moving ahead: what will a renewed Countdown to 2030 for Women and Children look like? Lancet doi:1016/S0140-6736(15)00527-9
• Byass P. Special Issue: Family Planning. Glob Health Action 2015;8. doi:10.3402/gha.v8.30086
• Carter E, Bryce J, Perin J, Newby H. Harmful practices in the management of childhood diarrhea in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review. BMC Public Health2015; 15. doi:10.1186/s12889-015-2127-1
• Choi Y, Short Fabic M, Hounton S, Koroma D. Meeting demand for family planning within a generation: prospects and implications at country level. Glob Health Action 2015;8:29734.doi:10.3402/gha.v8.29734
• Hosseinpoor AR, Bergen N, Schlotheuber A, International Center for Equity in Health. State of inequality: Reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2015.
• Hounton S, Barros AJ, Amouzou A, et al. Patterns and trends of contraceptive use among sexually active adolescents in Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, and Nigeria: evidence from cross-sectional studies. Glob Health Action 2015;8:29737. doi:10.3402/gha.v8.29737
• Hounton S, Winfrey W, Barros AJ, Askew I. Patterns and trends of postpartum family planning in Ethiopia, Malawi, and Nigeria: evidence of missed opportunities for integration. Glob Health Action 2015;8:29738. doi:10.3402/gha.v8.29738
• Hounton S, Winfrey W, Barros AJ, Askew I. Patterns and trends of postpartum family planning in Ethiopia, Malawi, and Nigeria: evidence of missed opportunities for integration. Glob Health Action 2015;8:29738. doi:10.3402/gha.v8.29738
• Maïga A, Hounton S, Amouzou A et al. Trends and patterns of modern contraceptive use and relationships with high-risk births and child mortality in Burkina Faso. Global Health Action 2015; 8:1. doi:10.3402/gha.v8.29735
• Maïga, A., Hounton, S., Amouzou, A., Akinyemi, A., Shiferaw, S., Baya, B., Bahan, D., Barros, A. J., Walker, N., & Friedman, H. Trends and patterns of modern contraceptive use and relationships with high-risk births and child mortality in Burkina Faso. Global health action 2015, 8, 29736. doi:10.3402/gha.v8.29736
• Perin J, Carvajal-Velez L, Carter E, Bryce J, Newby H. Fluid curtailment during childhood diarrhea: a countdown analysis. BMC Public Health 2015; 15. doi:10.1186/s12889-015-1878-z
• Perin J, Walker N. Potential confounding in the association between short birth intervals and increased neonatal, infant, and child mortality. Glob Health Action 2015;8:29724. doi:10.3402/gha.v8.29724
• Requejo JH, Bhutta ZA. The post-2015 agenda: staying the course in maternal and child survival. Archives of Disease in Childhood 2015; 100:S76-S81. doi:10.1136/archdischild-2013-305737
• Restrepo-Mendez MC, Barros AJ, Black RE, Victora CG. Time trends in socio-economic inequalities in stunting prevalence: analyses of repeated national surveys. Public Health Nutr. 2015;18(12):2097-104. doi:10.1017/S1368980014002924
• Restrepo-Mendez MC, Barros AJ, Requejo J, Duran P, Serpa LA, Franca GV, et al. Progress in reducing inequalities in reproductive, maternal, newborn,’ and child health in Latin America and the Caribbean: an unfinished agenda. Rev Panam Salud Publica2015;38(1):9-16.
• Shiferaw, S., Abdullah, M., Mekonnen, Y., Maïga, A., Akinyemi, A., Amouzou, A., Friedman, H., Barros, A. J., & Hounton, S. (2015). Trends in contraceptive use and distribution of births with demographic risk factors in Ethiopia: a sub-national analysis. Global health action8, 29720. doi:10.3402/gha.v8.29720
• Victora C, Requejo JH, Bryce J, et al. Countdown to 2015: a decade of tracking progress for maternal, newborn, and child survival. Lancet 2015 October. doi:1016/S0140-6736(15)00519-X

2014

• El Arifeen S, Hill K, Ahsan KZ, et al. Maternal mortality in Bangladesh: a Countdown to 2015 country case study. Lancet doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(14)60955-7
• Hunter BM, Requejo J et al. National health policy-makers’ views on the clarity and utility of Countdown to 2015 country profiles and reports: findings from two exploratory qualitative studies. Health Research Policy and Systems 2014 Aug. 12:40. doi:10.1186/1478-4505-12-40
• Maternal & Child Nutrition in the 75 Countdown countries, November 2014
• Requejo J, Bryce J, Barros A, et al. Countdown to 2015 and beyond: fulfilling the health agenda for women and children. Lancet 2014 June. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(14)60925-9
• Requejo J, Victora C, Bryce J. Data Resource Profile: Countdown to 2015: Maternal, Newborn and Child Survival. International Journal of Epidemiology doi:10.1093/ije/dyu034

2013

• Hsu J, Pitt C, Berman P, Mills A. Reproductive health priorities: evidence from a resource tracking analysis of official development assistance in 2009 and 2010. Lancet doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(13)60762-X
• Walker N, Yenokyan G, Friberg I, Bryce J. Patterns in coverage of maternal, newborn, and child health interventions: projections of neonatal and under-5 mortality to 2035. Lancet doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(13)61748-1

2012

• Amouzou A, Habi O, Bensaïd K. Reduction in child mortality in Niger: a Countdown to 2015 country case study. Lancet doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(12)61376-2
• Barros A, Ronsmans C, Axelson H, et al., Equity in maternal, newborn, and child health interventions in Countdown to 2015: a retrospective review of survey data from 54 countries. Lancet 2012 March; 379 (9822), 1225-1233. doi:1016/S0140-6736(12)60113-5
• Bhutta Z, Chopra M, The Countdown for 2015: what lies ahead?  Lancet doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(12)61382-8
• Countdown 2012 Report Writing Group. Comment: Building a future for women and children. Lancet 2012 June; 379 (9832), 2121-2122. doi:1016/S0140-6736(12)60914-3
• Hsu J, Pitt C, Greco G, Berman P, Mills A. Countdown to 2015: changes in official development assistance to maternal, newborn, and child health in 2009–10, and assessment of progress since 2003. Lancet 2012 September. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(12)61415-9
• Sanda S. Comment: Niger’s success in child survival. Lancet doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(12)61514-1
• Victora C, Barros A, et al. How changes in coverage affect equity in maternal and child health interventions in 35 Countdown to 2015 countries: an analysis of national surveys. Lancet 2012 September. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(12)61427-5

2011

• Bhutta Z, Chopra M, et al.Countdown to 2015 decade report (2000–10): taking stock of maternal, newborn, and child survival. Lancet 2011. 375 (9730): 2032-2044. doi:1016/S0140-6736(10)60678-2
• Gupta, N., Maliqi, B., França, A. et al.Human resources for maternal, newborn and child health: from measurement and planning to performance for improved health outcomes. Hum Resour Health 9, 16. doi:10.1186/1478-4491-9-16
• Monitoring maternal, newborn and child health: understanding key progress indicators, authored in partnership with the Health Metrics Network, UNICEF, and the World Health Organization, November 2011
• Pitt C, Greco G, Powell-Jackson T, Mills A. Countdown to 2015: assessment of official development assistance to maternal, newborn, and child health, 2003—08. Lancet 2011. 376 (9751): 1485-1496. doi:1016/S0140-6736(10)61302-5
• Saving Newborn Lives in Nigeria: Newborn health in the context of the Integrated Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Strategy. Federal Ministry of Health of Nigeria, Countdown to 2015, Save the Children, Maternal and Child Health Integrated Program, Jhpiego, U.S. Agency for International Development, World Health Organization, UNFPA, UNICEF, PRINN-MNCH, and the Paediatric Association of Nigeria (PAN), January 2011

2008

• Bernstein S, Say L, Chowdhury S. Comment: Sexual and reproductive health: completing the continuum. Lancet 2008. 371 (9620): 1225-1226. doi:1016/S0140-6736(08)60537-1
• Bustreo F, Johnsson A. Comment: Parliamentarians: leading the change for maternal, newborn, and child survival?. Lancet 2008. 371 (9620): 1221-1222. doi:1016/S0140-6736(08)60535-8
• Countdown 2008 Equity Analysis Group. Mind the gap: equity and trends in coverage of maternal, newborn and child health services in 54 Countdown countries. Lancet 2008. 371 (9620): 1259-1267. doi:1016/S0140-6736(08)60560-7
• Countdown Coverage Writing Group on behalf of the Countdown to 2015 Core Group. Countdown to 2015 Maternal, Newborn and Child Survival: the 2008 report on tracking coverage for interventions. Lancet 2008. 371 (9620): 1247-1258. doi:1016/S0140-6736(08)60559-0
• Countdown to 2015 for maternal, newborn, and child survival: “Rapid progress is possible, but much more can and must be done.” The Lancet 371, (9620) 1215-1308
• Countdown Working Group on Health Policy and Health Systems. Assessment of the health system and policy environment as a critical complement to tracking intervention coverage for maternal newborn and child health. Lancet 2008.  371 (9620): 1284-1293. doi:1016/S0140-6736(08)60563-2
• Greco G, Powell-Jackson T, Borghi J, Mills A. Countdown to 2015: assessment of donor assistance to maternal, newborn and child health between 2003 and 2006. Lancet 2008. 371 (9620): 1268-1275. doi:1016/S0140-6736(08)60561-9
• Heikens G, Bunn J, Amadi B. Viewpoint: Case management of HIV-infected severely malnourished children: challenges in the area of highest prevalence.Lancet 2008. 371 (9620): 1305-1307. doi:1016/S0140-6736(08)60565-6
• Horton R. Comment: Countdown to 2015: a report card on maternal, newborn and child survival. Lancet 2008. 371 (9620): 1217-1219. doi:1016/S0140-6736(08)60533-4
• Masanja H, de Savigny D, Smithson P, et al.Child survival gains in Tanzania: analysis of data from demographic and health surveys. Lancet 2008. 371 (9620): 1276-1283. doi:1016/S0140-6736(08)60562-0
• Salama P, Lawn J, Bryce J, et al.Comment: Making the Countdown count. Lancet 2008. 371 (9620): 1219-1221.doi:1016/S0140-6736(08)60534-6
• Shankar A, Bartlett L, et al., on behalf of the Countdown to 2015 Maternal Health Group, Comment: Delivery of MDG 5 by active management with data. Lancet 2008. 371 (9620): 1223-1224. doi:1016/S0140-6736(08)60536-X
• South Africa Every Death Counts Writing Group. Every death counts: use of mortality audit data for decision making to save the lives of mothers, babies and children in South Africa. Lancet 2008. 371 (9620): 1294-1304. doi:1016/S0140-6736(08)60564-4
• Stoltenberg J, Comment: Delivering for women and children. Lancet 2008. 371 (9620): 1230-1232. doi:1016/S0140-6736(08)60540-1
• The Lancet, Editorial: South Africa in the spotlight. Lancet 2008. 371 (9620): 1215. doi:1016/S0140-6736(08)60530-9

2007

• Lawn J, Costello A, Mwansambo C, Osrin D. Countdown to 2015: will the Millennium Development Goal for child survival be met? Archives of Disease in Childhood 2007 June; 92(6): 551–556. doi:10.1136/adc.2006.099291

2006

• Bryce  J, Terreri  N, Victora C, Mason E, et al. Countdown to 2015: tracking intervention coverage for child survival. Lancet 2006. 368 (9541): 1067-1076. doi:1016/S0140-6736(06)69339-2
• Horton R. A new global commitment to child survival. Lancet 2006. 368 (9541): 1041-1042. doi:1016/S0140-6736(06)69331-8
• Powell-Jackson T, Borghi J, Mueller D, Patouillard E, Mills A. Countdown to 2015: tracking donor assistance to maternal, newborn, and child health. Lancet 368 (9541): 1077-1087. doi:1016/S0140-6736(06)69338-0

2005

• Bryce J, Victora C, on behalf of the Conference Organizing Group. Comment: Child survival: countdown to 2015. Lancet 2005. 365 (9478): 2153-2154. doi:1016/S0140-6736(05)66752-9