Success factors for reducing maternal and child mortality

Kuruvilla, Shyama; Schweitzer, Julian; Bishai, David; Chowdhury, Sadia; Caramani, Daniele; Frost, Laura; Cortez, Rafael; Daelmans, Bernadette; Andrés, Felipe; Adam, Taghreed; Cohen, Robert; Alfonso, Y. Natalia; Franz-Vasdeki, Jennifer; Saadat, Seemeen; Pratt, Beth Anne; Eugster, Beatrice; Bandali, Sarah; Venkatachalam, Pritha; Hinton, Rachael; Murray, John; Arscott-Mills, Sharon; Axelson, Henrik; Maliqi, Blerta; Sarker, Intissar; Lakshminarayanan, Rama; Jacobs, Troy; Jack, Susan; Jacks, Susan; Mason, Elizabeth; Ghaffar, Abdul; Mays, Nicholas; Presern, Carole; Bustreo, Flavia

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“…From these success stories, we learn that the critical elements required in order to strengthen primary health care in health systems and achieve universal coverage include among others the following [5][6][7][8]19]. …”

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Frontline Health Workers Nobel Role in Disease Prevention for Achieving Global Health Security: Why are we not Learning the Lessons?

Kitua¹

2017

J Healthc Commun

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Frontline health workers are trusted, knowledgeable health personnel, who belong to the communities they serve. They are well accepted and relied on by the communities and form the central pillar of effective health systems key to reducing preventable deaths and achieving universal health coverage. They are the foundation of disease intelligence essential to efforts to eliminate diseases and prevent disease outbreak. However, against such important roles and proven cost effectiveness in achieving health outcomes, they are among the most neglected cadre of health workforce in Africa and other parts of the world. They are poorly equipped and remain exposed to disease risks, and except in few countries, receive inadequate training, lack supervision and career development. In addition, they work as unpaid volunteers. Where they have been well recognized and supported to perform their roles, they have proven to be effective, affordable and reliable in achieving health outcomes. We share examples of success stories and important lessons that poor access to health services is not strictly linked with low economic level, but rather reflects a lack of political will and determination by leaders to protect their most vulnerable populations. We urge governments to enshrine health as a fundamental human right in their national constitutions and invest in Primary Health Care by build an army of Frontline Health workers capable of preventing diseases and outbreaks at source, hence saving money for developmental activities and education. We need louder voices to advocate training and maintaining of frontline health workers, especially in resource limited countries.

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Frontline Health Workers Nobel Role in Disease Prevention for Achieving Global Health Security: Why are we not Learning the Lessons?

Kitua¹

2017

J Healthc Commun

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“…About half the gains in mortality reduction resulted from health sector investments -skilled care at birth, immunization and family planning. 5,6 The remaining gains were from investments in other sectors -girls' education, women's political and economic participation, and water and sanitation. Performance-driven financing in countries such as Egypt, Nepal, Peru and Rwanda help reduce inequities in access to services and generate efficiency gains.…”

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“…5,8 They mobilize across society, for example, in Bangladesh, by building partnerships between government, communities, nongovernmental organizations and the private sector. Fast-track countries also use timely, robust evidence for decisionmaking and accountability, as exemplified by Ethiopia's use of scorecards.…”

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“…They make progress across three main areas. 5 First, fast-track countries address health determinants across sectors. About half the gains in mortality reduction resulted from health sector investments -skilled care at birth, immunization and family planning.…”

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“…An article in this month's Bulletin synthesizes evidence from studies on success factors for women's and children's health in low-and middleincome countries that achieved accelerated progress (fast-track countries). 5 Fast-track countries deploy strategies tailored to their unique context, challenges and strengths and adapt quickly to change. They make progress across three main areas.…”

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Sustainable Development Goal Integration, Interdependence, and Implementation: the Environment–Economic–Health Nexus and Universal Health Coverage

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The sustainable development goals (SDGs) are interdependent and integrated. The SDGs aim to impact all levels of society, reach across all sectors, embrace equity, inclusion, and universality, and operate in an ecosystem. SDG 3 strives to improve health outcomes by reducing mortality, ending epidemics, preventing diseases, and implementing universal health coverage (UHC) for accessible, affordable, quality, and equitable healthcare. The available infrastructure (environment) should be supportive and sustained by a stable, growing economy (economy) to ensure the timely and reliable delivery of quality healthcare (health). A general framework is presented for the implementation of the SDGs with a focus on SDG 3 and one of its targets, UHC. The robustly aligned environment–economic–health nexus is a key determinant for the successful implementation of UHC (and the SDGs). SDG implementation presents multiple convoluted challenges at national, regional, continental, and global levels but will ultimately yield rewards. To advance UHC, a global effort is required where timely information is shared and nations partner to achieve this important global health target. Especially in low‐ and middle‐income countries (LMICs), the learning and sharing of experiences and knowledge are essential throughout the course of implementation. This will ensure that no nation is left behind.

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Success factors for reducing maternal and child mortality

Cited by 180 publications

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Frontline Health Workers Nobel Role in Disease Prevention for Achieving Global Health Security: Why are we not Learning the Lessons?

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Accelerating progress on women’s and children’s health

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