Improved measurement for mothers, newborns and children in the era of the Sustainable Development Goals
An urgent priority in maternal, newborn and child health is to accelerate the scale-up of cost-effective essential interventions, especially during labor, the immediate postnatal period and for the treatment of serious infectious diseases and acute malnutrition. Tracking intervention coverage is a k...
Saved in:
Main Authors: | , , , , , , , , , |
---|---|
Format: | Book |
Published: |
Edinburgh University Global Health Society,
2016-06-01T00:00:00Z.
|
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | Connect to this object online. |
Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
Summary: | An urgent priority in maternal, newborn and child health is to accelerate the scale-up of cost-effective essential interventions, especially during labor, the immediate postnatal period and for the treatment of serious infectious diseases and acute malnutrition. Tracking intervention coverage is a key activity to support scale- up and in this paper we examine priorities in coverage measurement, distinguishing between essential interventions that can be measured now and those that require methodological development. |
---|---|
Item Description: | 10.7189/jogh.06.010506 2047-2978 2047-2986 |