The unfinished agenda in child survival.

Diarrhoea case management in low- and middle-income countries--an unfinished agenda.

OBJECTIVE To ascertain whether diarrhoea management improved during 1986-2003, a period when significant efforts were made to promote effective case management in children. METHODS We analysed household data from 107 Demographic and Health Surveys in 40 low- and middle-income countries from 1986 to 2003 and assessed trends in indicators of rehydration, fluid quantity and food intake in childr...

The post-2015 agenda: staying the course in maternal and child survival.

In this article, we draw on available evidence from Countdown to 2015 and other sources to make the case for keeping women and children at the heart of the next development agenda that will replace the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) framework after 2015. We provide a status update on global progress in achieving MDGs 4 and 5, reduce child mortality and improve maternal health, respectively--...

Maternal Health in Latin America and the Caribbean: The Unfinished Agenda

The state of global health in 2014.

The global health landscape looks more promising than ever, although progress has been uneven. Here, we describe the current global burden of disease throughout the life cycle, highlighting regional differences in the unfinished agenda of communicable diseases and reproductive, maternal, and child health and the additive burden of emerging noncommunicable diseases and injuries. Understanding th...

Measuring coverage of essential maternal and newborn care interventions: An unfinished agenda

Over the past few decades, the agenda for newborn health has shifted remarkably, taking newborns from being nearly invisible in the global health agenda of 1990s to being central in discussions today. Despite this change, the decline in neonatal mortality from 1990 to 2016 has been slower than that of post–neonatal under–five mortality: 49% compared with 62% globally [1]. Newborn deaths represe...