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

BMJ. 2004 Apr 3;328(7443):816-9. doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7443.816.

Abstract

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

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Afghanistan / epidemiology
  • Asia, Western / epidemiology
  • Child
  • Child Health Services / organization & administration*
  • Child Health Services / standards
  • Child Welfare / trends*
  • Communicable Diseases / mortality
  • Delivery of Health Care
  • Female
  • Health Services Needs and Demand
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Infant Mortality / trends
  • Malnutrition / mortality
  • Maternal Health Services / organization & administration*
  • Maternal Health Services / standards
  • Maternal Mortality / trends
  • Maternal Welfare / trends*
  • Pregnancy
  • Social Class
  • Socioeconomic Factors