Investing in the foundation of sustainable development: pathways to scale up for early childhood development

LM Richter, B Daelmans, J Lombardi, J Heymann… - The lancet, 2017 - thelancet.com
Building on long-term benefits of early intervention (Paper 2 of this Series) and increasing
commitment to early childhood development (Paper 1 of this Series), scaled up support for …

Gender inequality and restrictive gender norms: framing the challenges to health

L Heise, ME Greene, N Opper, M Stavropoulou… - The Lancet, 2019 - thelancet.com
Gender is not accurately captured by the traditional male and female dichotomy of sex.
Instead, it is a complex social system that structures the life experience of all human beings …

Community-based interventions for improving perinatal and neonatal health outcomes in developing countries: a review of the evidence

ZA Bhutta, GL Darmstadt, BS Hasan, RA Haws - Pediatrics, 2005 - publications.aap.org
Background. Infant and under-5 childhood mortality rates in developing countries have
declined significantly in the past 2 to 3 decades. However, 2 critical indicators, maternal and …

Evidence-based, cost-effective interventions: how many newborn babies can we save?

GL Darmstadt, ZA Bhutta, S Cousens, T Adam… - The Lancet, 2005 - thelancet.com
In this second article of the neonatal survival series, we identify 16 interventions with proven
efficacy (implementation under ideal conditions) for neonatal survival and combine them into …

Two million intrapartum-related stillbirths and neonatal deaths: where, why, and what can be done?

JE Lawn, ACC Lee, M Kinney, L Sibley… - International Journal of …, 2009 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Intrapartum-related neonatal deaths (“birth asphyxia”) are a leading cause
of child mortality globally, outnumbering deaths from malaria. Reduction is crucial to meeting …

Effect of community-based newborn-care intervention package implemented through two service-delivery strategies in Sylhet district, Bangladesh: a cluster …

AH Baqui, S El-Arifeen, GL Darmstadt, S Ahmed… - The lancet, 2008 - thelancet.com
Background Neonatal mortality accounts for a high proportion of deaths in children under
the age of 5 years in Bangladesh. Therefore the project for advancing the health of …

Effect of community-based behaviour change management on neonatal mortality in Shivgarh, Uttar Pradesh, India: a cluster-randomised controlled trial

V Kumar, S Mohanty, A Kumar, RP Misra… - The Lancet, 2008 - thelancet.com
Summary Background In rural India, most births take place in the home, where high-risk care
practices are common. We developed an intervention of behaviour change management …

An immune clock of human pregnancy

N Aghaeepour, EA Ganio, D Mcilwain, AS Tsai… - Science …, 2017 - science.org
The maintenance of pregnancy relies on finely tuned immune adaptations. We demonstrate
that these adaptations are precisely timed, reflecting an immune clock of pregnancy in …

[HTML][HTML] Intrapartum-related neonatal encephalopathy incidence and impairment at regional and global levels for 2010 with trends from 1990

ACC Lee, N Kozuki, H Blencowe, T Vos, A Bahalim… - Pediatric …, 2013 - nature.com
Background: Intrapartum hypoxic events (“birth asphyxia”) may result in stillbirth, neonatal or
postneonatal mortality, and impairment. Systematic morbidity estimates for the burden of …

[HTML][HTML] Breast-feeding patterns, time to initiation, and mortality risk among newborns in southern Nepal

LC Mullany, J Katz, YM Li, SK Khatry, SC LeClerq… - The Journal of …, 2008 - Elsevier
Initiation of breast-feeding within 1 h after birth has been associated with reduced neonatal
mortality in a rural Ghanaian population. In South Asia, however, breast-feeding patterns …