Health systems are critical for health outcomes as they underpin intervention coverage and
quality, promote users' rights and intervene on the social determinants of health …

The prInCIple of foCuS The principle of focus stated the need for a core set of global
indicators of effective interventions with targets and measurement methods tailored to local …

Background The global health community has recognised the importance of defining and
measuring the effective coverage of health interventions and their implementation strength …

Women, children, and global public health: beyond the millennium development goals
Page 1 Women, children, and global public health: beyond the millennium development …

Adolescents are an increasing proportion of low and middle-income country populations.
Their coming of age is foundational for health behaviour, as well as social and productive …

Kumanan Rasanathan and colleagues explain how integrating action on determinants of
women's, children's, and adolescents' health beyond the health sector into core health …

Health systems processes must move from a top-down to inclusive policy, planning and
implementation processes, increasingly adopting a people-centred approach. 3 Democratic …

Achieving ambitious health goals—from the Every Woman Every Child strategy to the health
targets of the sustainable development goals to the renewed promise of Alma-Ata of 'health …

Universal health coverage is gaining momentum and is likely to form a core part of the post
Millennium Development Goal (MDG) agenda and be linked to social determinants of …

In this edition of BMJ Global Health, Roder-DeWan and colleagues suggest ways in which
we might rethink care models to close the equity gap in maternal and newborn health. 1 …