Maternal and child health: is South Asia ready for change?

South Asia still has a long way to go to meet the United Nations' millennium development goals for maternal and child mortality

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Published inBMJ Vol. 328; no. 7443; pp. 816 - 819
Main Authors Bhutta, Zulfiqar A, Gupta, Indu, de'Silva, Harendra, Manandhar, Dharma, Awasthi, Shally, Hossain, S M Moazzem, Salam, M A
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England British Medical Journal Publishing Group 03.04.2004
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Subjects
Afghanistan - epidemiology
Asia, Western - epidemiology
Child
Child Health Services - organization & administration
Child Health Services - standards
Child nutrition disorders
Child Welfare - trends
Children
Communicable Diseases - mortality
Death
Delivery of Health Care
Education and Debate
Female
Health Services Needs and Demand
Humans
Infant
Infant Mortality - trends
Infants
Malnutrition
Malnutrition - mortality
Maternal Health Services - organization & administration
Maternal Health Services - standards
Maternal Mortality - trends
Maternal Welfare - trends
Mortality
Pediatrics
Pregnancy
Regional health planning
Social Class
Socioeconomic Factors
Vaccination
Womens health
Afghanistan
Asia, Western
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Summary:South Asia still has a long way to go to meet the United Nations' millennium development goals for maternal and child mortality
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Correspondence to: Zulfiqar A Bhutta
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References w1-w16 and a table of effective interventions are on bmj.com
Contributors and sources: All authors are actively involved in maternal and child health issues in South Asia. This article resulted from discussions between all authors and contributions based on reviews of the following areas: perinatal and newborn care, maternal health, malnutrition, infectious diseases, war and conflict, investments, and statistical trends.
Competing interests: None declared.
ISSN:0959-8138
1468-5833
1756-1833
DOI:10.1136/bmj.328.7443.816