Accelerating Progress on Women’s and Children’s Health

Accelerating Progress on Women’s and Children’s Health

Countries have made substantial progress towards Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) 4 and 5 – to reduce child mortality and improve maternal health. Since 1990, both maternal and child mortality have been reduced by 50% worldwide and access to reproductive health services has improved. However, pro...

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Main Authors: Presern, Carole, Bustreo, Flavia, Evans, Tim, Ghaffar, Abdul
Format: Journal Article
Language:en_US
Published: World Health Organization 2015
Subjects:
child health
maternal health
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23218
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spelling okr-10986-232182021-04-23T14:04:13Z Accelerating Progress on Women’s and Children’s Health Presern, Carole Bustreo, Flavia Evans, Tim Ghaffar, Abdul child health maternal health Countries have made substantial progress towards Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) 4 and 5 – to reduce child mortality and improve maternal health. Since 1990, both maternal and child mortality have been reduced by 50% worldwide and access to reproductive health services has improved. However, progress overall is insufficient and uneven. Understanding what works, and how these lessons apply across geographic and socio-political borders, could inform strategies for the MDGs and the post-2015 sustainable development agenda. An article in this month’s Bulletin synthesizes evidence from studies on success factors for women’s and children’s health in low- and middle-income countries that achieved accelerated progress (fast-track countries). 2015-12-04T16:53:12Z 2015-12-04T16:53:12Z 2014-07 Journal Article Bulletin of the World Health Organization http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23218 en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Health Organization Publications & Research :: Journal Article Publications & Research
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topic child health
maternal health
spellingShingle child health
maternal health
Presern, Carole
Bustreo, Flavia
Evans, Tim
Ghaffar, Abdul
Accelerating Progress on Women’s and Children’s Health
description Countries have made substantial progress towards Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) 4 and 5 – to reduce child mortality and improve maternal health. Since 1990, both maternal and child mortality have been reduced by 50% worldwide and access to reproductive health services has improved. However, progress overall is insufficient and uneven. Understanding what works, and how these lessons apply across geographic and socio-political borders, could inform strategies for the MDGs and the post-2015 sustainable development agenda. An article in this month’s Bulletin synthesizes evidence from studies on success factors for women’s and children’s health in low- and middle-income countries that achieved accelerated progress (fast-track countries).
format Journal Article
author Presern, Carole
Bustreo, Flavia
Evans, Tim
Ghaffar, Abdul
author_facet Presern, Carole
Bustreo, Flavia
Evans, Tim
Ghaffar, Abdul
author_sort Presern, Carole
title Accelerating Progress on Women’s and Children’s Health
title_short Accelerating Progress on Women’s and Children’s Health
title_full Accelerating Progress on Women’s and Children’s Health
title_fullStr Accelerating Progress on Women’s and Children’s Health
title_full_unstemmed Accelerating Progress on Women’s and Children’s Health
title_sort accelerating progress on women’s and children’s health
publisher World Health Organization
publishDate 2015
url http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23218
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