Executive summary Despite dramatic improvements in survival, nutrition, and education over
recent decades, today's children face an uncertain future. Climate change, ecological …

Executive summary Sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) are fundamental to
people's health and survival, to economic development, and to the wellbeing of humanity …

On the continuum of maternal health care, two extreme situations exist: too little, too late
(TLTL) and too much, too soon (TMTS). TLTL describes care with inadequate resources …

Executive summary 50 years after a noble but flawed attempt to eradicate malaria in the mid-
20th century, the global malaria community is once again seriously considering eradication …

Building upon the successes of Countdown to 2015, Countdown to 2030 aims to support the
monitoring and measurement of women's, children's, and adolescents' health in the 81 …

Background Despite remarkable progress in the improvement of child survival between
1990 and 2015, the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 4 target of a two-thirds reduction …

Summary Background Established in 2000, Millennium Development Goal 4 (MDG4)
catalysed extraordinary political, financial, and social commitments to reduce under-5 …

The realisation of human potential for development requires age-specific investment
throughout the 8000 days of childhood and adolescence. Focus on the first 1000 days is an …

All women should have access to high quality maternity services—but what do we know
about the health care available to and used by women? With a focus on low-income and …

Background This is the concluding paper of our 11-paper supplement,“Community health
workers at the dawn of a new era”. Methods We relied on our collective experience, an …