PHA-Exchange> The Lancet Collection on: Newborn, child, and maternal survival

Fri Sep 29 03:34:40 PDT 2006

 from "Ruggiero, Mrs. Ana Lucia (WDC)" <ruglucia at PAHO.ORG> -----
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Newborn, child, and maternal survival

            The Lancet, September 28, 2006

Collection of articles published by The Lancet since January 2003 relating to 
newborn, child, and maternal survival. 

            Website: 
http://www.thelancet.com/collections/neonatal_survival/2006 
<http://www.thelancet.com/collections/neonatal_survival/2006>  

Maternal survival series
Making sure women throughout the world can give birth in a health facility, in 
the presence of a midwife, is the best strategy for substantially reducing 
maternal mortality worldwide, according to a landmark series of papers. The 
authors are calling on governments and donors to prioritise this strategy over 
alternatives, such as home births with a relative, traditional birth 
attendant, community health worker or midwife, to save the lives of over half 
a million women who die in pregnancy or childbirth each year. 

The five papers that form the The Lancet maternal survival series present the 
evidence for adopting the health centre strategy worldwide and detail the 
action required for its roll-out, including immediate priorities for 
governments and donors. The authors warn that without political commitment and 
investment into this approach, substantial declines in maternal mortality are 
unlikely in the next 10-20 years, and the fifth Millennium Development Goal-to 
reduce maternal mortality by 75% by 2015-will not be met. Maternal survival is 
closely linked to newborn and child survival, which is the fourth MDG. The 
Lancet most recently covered this in a child survival special issue. :
http://www.thelancet.com/collections/neonatal_survival_mdg4 
<http://www.thelancet.com/collections/neonatal_survival_mdg4>  

Healthy motherhood: an urgent call to action
Horton R - (DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(06)69389-6) Full Text 
<http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140673606693896/fulltext
?isEOP=true> 

Safe motherhood initiative: 20 years and counting
Starrs AM - (DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(06)69385-9) Full Text 
<http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140673606693859/fulltext
?isEOP=true> 

Meeting MDG-5: an impossible dream?
Rosenfield A, Maine D, Freedman L - (DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(06)69386-0) Full 
Text 
<http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140673606693860/fulltext
?isEOP=true> 

Where is maternal and child health now?
Lawn JE, Tinker A, Munjanja SP, Cousens S - (DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(06)69387-
2) Full Text 
<http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140673606693872/fulltext
?isEOP=true> 

An alternative strategy to reduce maternal mortality
Costello A, Azad K, Barnett S - (DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(06)69388-4) Full Text 
<http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140673606693884/fulltext
?isEOP=true> 

Maternal mortality: who, when, where, and why
Ronsmans C, Graham WJ, on behalf of The Lancet Maternal Survival Series 
steering group  - (DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(06)69380-X)
Summary 
<http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS014067360669380X/abstract
?isEOP=true>  | Full Text 
<http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS014067360669380X/fulltext
?isEOP=true> 

Strategies for reducing maternal mortality: getting on with what works
Campbell OM, Graham WJ, on behalf of The Lancet Maternal Survival Series 
steering group  - (DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(06)69381-1)
Summary 
<http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140673606693811/abstract
?isEOP=true>  | Full Text 
<http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140673606693811/fulltext
?isEOP=true> 

Going to scale with professional skilled care
Koblinsky M, Matthews Z, Hussein J, Mavalankar D, Mridha MK, Anwar I, Achadi 
E, Adjei S, Padmanabhan P, van Lerberghe W, on behalf of The Lancet Maternal 
Survival Series steering group  - (DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(06)69382-3)
Summary 
<http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140673606693823/abstract
?isEOP=true>  | Full Text 
<http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140673606693823/fulltext
?isEOP=true> 

Mobilising financial resources for maternal health
Borghi J, Ensor T, Somanathan A, Lissner C, Mills A, on behalf of The Lancet 
Maternal Survival Series steering group  - (DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(06)69383-5)
Summary 
<http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140673606693835/abstract
?isEOP=true>  | Full Text 
<http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140673606693835/fulltext
?isEOP=true> 

Maternal health in poor countries: the broader context and a call for action
Filippi V, Ronsmans C, Campbell OM, Graham WJ, Mills A, Borghi J, Koblinsky M, 
Osrin D - (DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(06)69384-7)
Summary 
<http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140673606693847/abstract
?isEOP=true>  | Full Text 
<http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140673606693847/fulltext
?isEOP=true> 

Worldwide time trends in the prevalence of symptoms of asthma, allergic 
rhinoconjunctivitis, and eczema in childhood: 
ISAAC Phases One and Three repeat multicountry cross-sectional surveys
Asher MI, Montefort S, Björkstén B, Lai CK, Strachan DP, Weiland SK, Williams 
H, 
The ISAAC Phase Three Study Group  - 26 August 2006 (Vol. 368, Issue 9537, 
pages 733-743) Summary 
<http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140673606692830/abstract
>  | Full Text 
<http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140673606692830/fulltext
> 

Rotavirus vaccines: current prospects and future challenges
Glass RI, Parashar UD, Bresee JS, Turcios R, Fischer TK, Widdowson MA, Jiang 
B, Gentsch JR -
 22 July 2006 (Vol. 368, Issue 9532, pages 323-332) Summary 
<http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140673606688156/abstract
>  | Full Text 
<http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140673606688156/fulltext
> 

Effect of timing of umbilical cord clamping on iron status in Mexican infants: 
a randomised controlled trial
Chaparro CM, Neufeld LM, Tena Alavez G, Eguia-Líz Cedillo R, Dewey KG - 
17 June 2006 (Vol. 367, Issue 9527, pages 1997-2004) Summary 
<http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140673606688892/abstract
>  | Full Text 
<http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140673606688892/fulltext
> 

Child health in armed conflict: time to rethink
Zwi AB, Grove NJ, Kelly P, Gayer M, Ramos-Jimenez P, Sommerfeld J -
 10 June 2006 (Vol. 367, Issue 9526, pages 1886-1888) Full Text 
<http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140673606688235/fulltext
> 

View other articles in this collection:
* Articles published in 2005 
<http://www.thelancet.com/collections/neonatal_survival/2005> 
* Articles published in 2004 
<http://www.thelancet.com/collections/neonatal_survival/2004> 
* Articles published in 2003 
<http://www.thelancet.com/collections/neonatal_survival/2003> 

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