Conceived in 2003 and born in 2005 with the launch of its first report and country profiles,
the Countdown to 2015 for Maternal, Newborn, and Child Survival has reached its originally …

Executive summary Girls' and women's health is in transition and, although some aspects of
it have improved substantially in the past few decades, there are still important unmet needs …

Estudo de coorte sobre a mortalidade neonatal na pesquisa Nascer no Brasil, com
entrevista e avaliação de prontuários de 23.940 puérperas entre fevereiro de 2011 e …

People living in poverty are particularly vulnerable to shocks, including those caused by
natural disasters such as floods and droughts. This paper analyses household survey data …

Abstract Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) are comparable nationally representative
household surveys that have been conducted in more than 85 countries worldwide since …

Access to youth friendly health services is vital for ensuring sexual and reproductive health
(SRH) and well-being of adolescents. This study is a descriptive review of the effectiveness …

Universal health coverage (UHC) is at the center of current efforts to strengthen health
systems and improve the level and distribution of health and health services. This document …

Summary We used the Lives Saved Tool (LiST) to estimate deaths averted if midwifery was
scaled up in 78 countries classified into three tertiles using the Human Development Index …

To monitor progress towards the Millennium Development Goals, it is essential to monitor
the coverage of health interventions in subgroups of the population, because national …

As part of a supplement entitled" Born Too Soon", this paper focuses on care of the preterm
newborn. An estimated 15 million babies are born preterm, and the survival gap between …