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CSU 62/2010: GLOBAL AND COUNTRY PROGRESS TOWARDS ...

CSU 62/2010:  GLOBAL AND COUNTRY PROGRESS TOWARDS MDG 4   This global review in The Lancet, by Rajaratnam and colleagues, looks at progress towards reaching Millennium Development Goal 4, a 2/3 reduction, compared to 1990 baselines, in un ... read more

CSU 63/2010: MATERNAL MORTALITY TRENDS IN CHINA

CSU 63/2010:  MATERNAL MORTALITY TRENDS IN CHINA Movement towards MDG 5 has not been uniform between and within countries. In this review of MMR trends in China, the authors review experience of both coastal and remote western provinces. From t ... read more

CSU 69/2010: NEONATAL MORTALITY REDUCTION AND 'KAN ...

CSU 69/2010: NEONATAL MORTALITY REDUCTION AND 'KANGAROO MOTHER CARE'    The achievement of MDG4 will, in most countries, require a more aggressive approach to neonatal mortality. In this review by Joy Lawn and colleagues, the 'kangaroo mo ... read more

CSU 74/2010: THE MDGs FAIL POOR CHILDREN: THE CAS ...

CSU 74/2010:  THE MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS FAIL POOR CHILDREN: THE CASE FOR EQUITY-ADJUSTED MEASURES CSU 74/2010:  THE MDGs FAIL POOR CHILDREN: THE CASE FOR EQUITY-ADJUSTED MEASURES    From the authors’ conclusions: ... read more

CSU 79/2010: CAUSES OF DEATHS IN <5s, CHINA, 2008 ...

CSU 79/2010:  CAUSES OF DEATHS IN <5s, CHINA, 2008 Has China registered the remarkable gains in under-five survival set down in the summary reproduced below? See full text of this article at http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/ ... read more

CSU 84/2010: LiST: USING EPIDEMIOLOGY TO GUIDE CHI ...

CSU 84/2010: LiST: USING EPIDEMIOLOGY TO GUIDE CHILD SURVIVAL POLICYMAKING AND PROGRAMMING Cesar Vitoria comments on the LiST methodology: 'I have had the opportunity to use LiST in a few countries, and I share the enthusiasm of its developers about ... read more

CSU 90/2010: VITAMIN A SUPPLEMENTATION AND NEONATA ...

CSU 90/2010: VITAMIN A SUPPLEMENTATION AND NEONATAL MORTALITY This meta-regression is interesting because many countries with problems of neonatal mortality do not, as a matter of policy, give vitamin A before six months of age. Do such policie ... read more

CSU 94/2010: FIVE ON MDGs

CSU 94/2010:  FIVE ON MDGs    From the MDG summit, 20-22 June, UN headquarters:    UNITED NATIONS — Secretary General Ban Ki-moon plans to end a development summit meeting of world leaders on Wednesday by announci ... read more