ReviewLancet (London, England)2016
Countdown to 2015: a decade of tracking progress for maternal, newborn, and child survival.
Review in Lancet (London, England), 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 292 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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292 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Global and regional prevalence, burden, and risk factors for MASLD in children and adolescents aged 5 to 24 years: a systematic review, meta-analysis, and modeling study.BMC medicine · 2026Pooled it
- Timing of maternal mortality and severe morbidity during the postpartum period: a systematic review.JBI evidence synthesis · 2022Pooled it
- Evaluations of effective coverage of maternal and child health services: A systematic review.Health policy and planning · 2022Pooled it
- Parental education and inequalities in child mortality: a global systematic review and meta-analysis.Lancet (London, England) · 2021Pooled it
- Systematic review and meta-analysis of the association between dimensions of inequality and a selection of indicators of Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (RMNCH).Journal of global health · 2019Pooled it
- Antibiotic use for community-acquired pneumonia in neonates and children: WHO evidence review.Paediatrics and international child health · 2018Pooled it
- Mobile phone call reminders to improve oral rehydration salt and zinc adherence for acute diarrhea in children: a single-center, randomized controlled trial.BMC health services research · 2024Trial
- Learning from a diabetes mHealth intervention in rural Bangladesh: what worked, what did not and what next?Global public health · 2022Trial
- Immunogenicity of an oral rotavirus vaccine administered with prenatal nutritional support in Niger: A cluster randomized clinical trial.PLoS medicine · 2021Trial
- Spatial variability in factors influencing maternal health service use in Jimma Zone, Ethiopia: a geographically-weighted regression analysis.BMC health services research · 2021Trial
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- Tracking the impact of maternal health service coverage on maternal mortality across 137 low- and middle-income countries in the progress toward Sustainable Development Goals.Journal of global health · 2026Article
- Global, regional, and national burden of neonatal encephalopathy due to birth asphyxia and trauma, 1990-2019.Chinese medical journal · 2026Article
- Socio-Cultural Experiences of Exclusive Breastfeeding Among Banjar Mothers in Indonesia.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Assessing the geographical variation of antenatal care and maternal mortality rates among pregnant women in Sierra Leone based on DHIS2 data from 2020-2022: a retrospective, descriptive, ecological study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2026Article
- Multilevel modified Poisson regression analysis of barriers to healthcare access among pregnant women in high and very high maternal mortality sub-Saharan African countries: insights from demographic and health surveys data.Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique · 2026Article
- Sexual and reproductive health needs of refugee women on Lesbos, Greece: a participatory cross-sectional study.BMJ global health · 2026Article
- The Persistence of High Maternal Anaemia and Low Birthweight Despite Declining Malaria Transmission and Prevalence in Ghana.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Evaluating global health programmes targeting under-5 mortality: problems and recommendations.BMJ global health · 2026Article
- Implementation research on enhanced community case management of pneumonia in Bangladesh: study protocol.Journal of global health · 2026Article
232 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
Corrections and comments
- Erratum issued
Authors and funding
14 authors.
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Abstract
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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