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Countdown to 2015: a decade of tracking progress for maternal, newborn, and child survival

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Victora, Cesar G, Requejo, Jennifer Harris, Barros, Aluisio J D, Berman, Peter, Bhutta, Zulfiqar, Boerma, Ties, Chopra, Mickey, de Francisco, Andres, Daelmans, Bernadette, Hazel, Elizabeth, Lawn, Joy, Maliqi, Blerta, Newby, Holly, Bryce, Jennifer·2016·The Lancet
DOI 10.1016/s0140-6736(15)00519-x
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Conceived in 2003 and born in 2005 with the launch of its first report and country profiles, the Countdown to 2015 for Maternal, Newborn, and Child Survival has reached its originally proposed lifespan. Major reductions in the deaths of mothers and children have occurred since Countdown’s inception, even though most of the 75 priority countries failed to achieve Millennium Development Goals 4 and 5. The coverage of life-saving interventions tracked in Countdown increased steadily over time, but wide inequalities persist between and within countries. Key drivers of coverage such as financing, human resources, commodities, and conducive health policies also showed important, yet insufficient increases. As a multistakeholder initiative of more than 40 academic, international, bilateral, and civil society institutions, Countdown was successful in monitoring progress and raising the visibility of the health of mothers, newborns, and children. Lessons learned from this initiative have direct bearing on monitoring progress during the Sustainable Development Goals era.

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Authors
Victora, C. G., Requejo, J. H., Barros, A. J. D., Berman, P., Bhutta, Z., Boerma, T., Chopra, M., de Francisco, A., Daelmans, B., Hazel, E., Lawn, J., Maliqi, B., Newby, H., & Bryce, J.
Venue
The Lancet
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2016-05
Volume
387
Issue
10032
Pages
2049-2059
ISSN
  • 0099-5355 (ISSN-L)
  • 0140-6736
DOI
10.1016/s0140-6736(15)00519-x
OpenAlex
W1789328099
Cited by
495
References
8
FWCI
57.23
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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