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Thursday, 30 December 2010 23:01
Background
Pronounced changes in patterns of health take place in adolescence and young adulthood, but the effects on mortality patterns worldwide have not been reported. We analysed worldwide rates and patterns of mortality between early adolescence and young adulthood.
Read more: Global patterns of mortality in young people: a systematic analysis of population health data
Thursday, 30 December 2010 22:25
"99% of all deaths in childbirth are in the least developed countries. Annually, 45 million women deliver without a skilled birth attendant, a situation in which the greatest number of maternal deaths occur. In many low-resource settings, having enough skilled birth attendants remains a distant goal. The commonest single cause of maternal death is from post-partum haemorrhage, from which one women dies every 7 min."
Read more: Maternal mortality: one death every 7 min
Date: 21 Sep 2007
Author: Ted Lankester
This partnership aims to work together in more efficient ways to improve health care and health outcomes in low and middle income countries. Led by country governments acting with their civil society we will tackle the challenges facing country health systems... particularly having enough trained health workers, in the right places and with the motivation, skills, equipment, commodities and medicines to do their work.
Read more: International Health Partnership launched - will it make a difference?
Date: 18 Feb 2007
Author: Nick Henwood
More than 200 million children under 5 years fail to reach their potential in cognitive development because of poverty, poor health and nutrition, and deficient care, reveals the first paper in a three part Series on child development.
Read more: Lancet series on child development
Date: 18 Sep 2007
Author: Nick Henwood
Has the "social marketing" approach to promoting bed net sales and use failed? Recent articles in the Lancet (and BMJ) suggest that free mass distribution should be adopted instead.
Read more: Malaria control depends on free bed nets
Date: 17 Apr 2007
Author: Nick Henwood
The political commitment to helping the developing world is failing to deliver on its promises. The problem is made worse by the questionable evaluation of progress.
Read more: Millennium Development Holes
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