Sub-Saharan Africa's mothers, newborns, and children: where and why do they die?

MV Kinney, KJ Kerber, RE Black, B Cohen… - PLoS …, 2010 - journals.plos.org
Sub-Saharan Africa's Mothers, Newborns, and Children: Where and Why Do They Die? | PLOS
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Mobilising financial resources for maternal health

JO Borghi, T Ensor, A Somanathan, C Lissner, A Mills - The Lancet, 2006 - thelancet.com
Coverage of cost-effective maternal health services remains poor due to insufficient supply
and inadequate demand for these services among the poorest groups. Households pay too …

An integrated scientific framework for child survival and early childhood development

JP Shonkoff, L Richter, J Van Der Gaag, ZA Bhutta - Pediatrics, 2012 - publications.aap.org
Building a strong foundation for healthy development in the early years of life is a
prerequisite for individual well-being, economic productivity, and harmonious societies …

[PDF][PDF] Are skilled birth attendants really skilled? A measurement method, some disturbing results and a potential way forward

SA Harvey, YCW Blandón… - Bulletin of the World …, 2007 - SciELO Public Health
OBJECTIVE: Delivery by a skilled birth attendant (SBA) serves as an indicator of progress
towards reducing maternal mortality worldwide-the fifth Millennium Development Goal …

Burden of neurodevelopmental disorders in low and middle-income countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis

M Bitta, SM Kariuki, A Abubakar… - Wellcome open …, 2018 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Childhood mortality from infectious diseases has declined steadily in many low
and middle-income (LAMIC) countries, with increased recognition of non-communicable …

Sub-Saharan Africa's mothers, newborns, and children: how many lives could be saved with targeted health interventions?

IK Friberg, MV Kinney, JE Lawn, KJ Kerber… - PLoS …, 2010 - journals.plos.org
Sub-Saharan Africa's Mothers, Newborns, and Children: How Many Lives Could Be Saved with
Targeted Health Interventions? | PLOS Medicine Skip to main content Advertisement PLOS …

Women deliver for development

K Gill, R Pande, A Malhotra - The Lancet, 2007 - thelancet.com
There is a large amount of research into maternal health as a health issue, but maternal
health as a development issue has been less explored. This Review analyses the evidence …

Maternal mortality in developing countries: challenges in scaling-up priority interventions

N Prata, P Passano, A Sreenivas… - Women's Health, 2010 - journals.sagepub.com
Although maternal mortality is a significant global health issue, achievements in mortality
decline to date have been inadequate. A review of the interventions targeted at maternal …

Alternative strategies to reduce maternal mortality in India: a cost-effectiveness analysis

SJ Goldie, S Sweet, N Carvalho, UCM Natchu… - PLoS …, 2010 - journals.plos.org
Background Approximately one-quarter of all pregnancy-and delivery-related maternal
deaths worldwide occur in India. Taking into account the costs, feasibility, and operational …

Obstructed labor and caesarean delivery: the cost and benefit of surgical intervention

BC Alkire, JR Vincent, CT Burns, IS Metzler, PE Farmer… - PloS one, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Background Although advances in the reduction of maternal mortality have been made, up
to 273,000 women will die this year from obstetric etiologies. Obstructed labor (OL), most …