Published in PLoS Med on June 21, 2010
Sub-Saharan Africa's mothers, newborns, and children: where and why do they die? PLoS Med (2010) 5.54
Community case management of fever due to malaria and pneumonia in children under five in Zambia: a cluster randomized controlled trial. PLoS Med (2010) 3.47
Determinants of antenatal and delivery care utilization in Tigray region, Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study. Int J Equity Health (2013) 2.41
Improving implementation: building research capacity in maternal, neonatal, and child health in Africa. PLoS Med (2010) 2.19
Perinatal interventions and survival in resource-poor settings: which work, which don't, which have the jury out? Arch Dis Child (2010) 1.77
Improving quality of care for maternal and newborn health: prospective pilot study of the WHO safe childbirth checklist program. PLoS One (2012) 1.55
The influence of distance and level of service provision on antenatal care use in rural Zambia. PLoS One (2012) 1.47
Adolescence as risk factor for adverse pregnancy outcome in Central Africa--a cross-sectional study. PLoS One (2010) 1.43
Approaches to improve the quality of maternal and newborn health care: an overview of the evidence. Reprod Health (2014) 1.37
Explaining the effects of a multifaceted intervention to improve inpatient care in rural Kenyan hospitals--interpretation based on retrospective examination of data from participant observation, quantitative and qualitative studies. Implement Sci (2011) 1.32
Designing a theory-informed, contextually appropriate intervention strategy to improve delivery of paediatric services in Kenyan hospitals. Implement Sci (2013) 1.25
Closing the gaps: from science to action in maternal, newborn, and child health in Africa. PLoS Med (2010) 1.24
Born too soon: accelerating actions for prevention and care of 15 million newborns born too soon. Reprod Health (2013) 1.13
Causes of perinatal mortality and associated maternal complications in a South African province: challenges in predicting poor outcomes. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth (2015) 1.00
A qualitative study on barriers to utilisation of institutional delivery services in Moroto and Napak districts, Uganda: implications for programming. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth (2014) 0.98
Birth spacing and child mortality: an analysis of prospective data from the Nairobi urban health and demographic surveillance system. J Biosoc Sci (2012) 0.98
Newborn care practices at home and in health facilities in 4 regions of Ethiopia. BMC Pediatr (2013) 0.98
Transforming Global Health by Improving the Science of Scale-Up. PLoS Biol (2016) 0.95
Cost and impact of scaling up interventions to save lives of mothers and children: taking South Africa closer to MDGs 4 and 5. Glob Health Action (2015) 0.94
Rural/urban and socioeconomic differentials in quality of antenatal care in Ghana. PLoS One (2015) 0.92
The relative contribution of co-infection to focal infection risk in children. Proc Biol Sci (2013) 0.92
Maternal health: time to deliver. PLoS Med (2010) 0.92
Why do women deliver at home? Multilevel modeling of Ethiopian National Demographic and Health Survey data. PLoS One (2015) 0.91
Using the Lives Saved Tool as part of evaluations of community case management programs. J Glob Health (2014) 0.90
HIV in maternal and child heath: concurrent crises demand cooperation. PLoS Med (2010) 0.90
Knowledge, perception and utilization of postnatal care of mothers in Gondar Zuria District, Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study. Matern Child Health J (2014) 0.90
Can reproductive health voucher programs improve quality of postnatal care? A quasi-experimental evaluation of Kenya's safe motherhood voucher scheme. PLoS One (2015) 0.89
Using the lives saved tool (LiST) to model mHealth impact on neonatal survival in resource-limited settings. PLoS One (2014) 0.87
Improving child survival through a district management strengthening and community empowerment intervention: early implementation experiences from Uganda. BMC Public Health (2015) 0.83
Access to facility delivery and caesarean section in north-central Liberia: a cross-sectional community-based study. BMJ Open (2012) 0.83
Triple return on investment: the cost and impact of 13 interventions that could prevent stillbirths and save the lives of mothers and babies in South Africa. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth (2015) 0.83
Maternal mortality at Muhimbili National Hospital in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania in the year 2011. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth (2014) 0.83
Prioritizing child health interventions in Ethiopia: modeling impact on child mortality, life expectancy and inequality in age at death. PLoS One (2012) 0.81
Perceptions of health care providers and patients on quality of care in maternal and neonatal health in fourteen Bangladesh government healthcare facilities: a mixed-method study. BMC Health Serv Res (2015) 0.80
The reliability of a newborn foot length measurement tool used by community volunteers to identify low birth weight or premature babies born at home in southern Tanzania. BMC Public Health (2014) 0.80
How within-country inequalities and co-coverage may affect LiST estimates of lives saved by scaling up interventions. BMC Public Health (2013) 0.78
Lactate in Amniotic Fluid: Predictor of Labor Outcome in Oxytocin-Augmented Primiparas' Deliveries. PLoS One (2016) 0.75
Evaluation of a maternal health care project in South West Shoa Zone, Ethiopia: before-and-after comparison. Reprod Health (2016) 0.75
The Astronomy of Africa's Health Systems Literature During the MDG Era: Where Are the Systems Clusters? Glob Health Sci Pract (2015) 0.75
Impact of a critical health workforce shortage on child health in Zimbabwe: a country case study on progress in child survival, 2000-2013. Health Policy Plan (2017) 0.75
Young adolescent girls are at high risk for adverse pregnancy outcomes in sub-Saharan Africa: an observational multicountry study. BMJ Open (2016) 0.75
Determinants of stillbirths in Ghana: does quality of antenatal care matter? BMC Pregnancy Childbirth (2016) 0.75
Comparison of LiST measles mortality model and WHO/IVB measles model. BMC Public Health (2011) 0.75
Disaggregated data to improve child health outcomes. Afr J Prim Health Care Fam Med (2016) 0.75
Development of a tool to measure person-centered maternity care in developing settings: validation in a rural and urban Kenyan population. Reprod Health (2017) 0.75
Exploring status and determinants of prenatal and postnatal visits in western China: in the background of the new health system reform. BMC Public Health (2017) 0.75
Expanding the population coverage of evidence-based interventions with community health workers to save the lives of mothers and children: an analysis of potential global impact using the Lives Saved Tool (LiST). J Glob Health (2017) 0.75
How many child deaths can we prevent this year? Lancet (2003) 30.39
4 million neonatal deaths: when? Where? Why? Lancet (2005) 28.92
Where and why are 10 million children dying every year? Lancet (2003) 28.59
Strategies for reducing maternal mortality: getting on with what works. Lancet (2006) 21.74
Maternal mortality: who, when, where, and why. Lancet (2006) 21.46
WHO analysis of causes of maternal death: a systematic review. Lancet (2006) 20.24
Evidence-based, cost-effective interventions: how many newborn babies can we save? Lancet (2005) 18.87
What works? Interventions for maternal and child undernutrition and survival. Lancet (2008) 13.89
Estimates of maternal mortality worldwide between 1990 and 2005: an assessment of available data. Lancet (2007) 11.59
Countdown to 2015 for maternal, newborn, and child survival: the 2008 report on tracking coverage of interventions. Lancet (2008) 9.23
Continuum of care for maternal, newborn, and child health: from slogan to service delivery. Lancet (2007) 6.25
The Spectrum projection package: improvements in estimating mortality, ART needs, PMTCT impact and uncertainty bounds. Sex Transm Infect (2008) 5.98
Sub-Saharan Africa's mothers, newborns, and children: where and why do they die? PLoS Med (2010) 5.54
Estimating the causes of 4 million neonatal deaths in the year 2000. Int J Epidemiol (2006) 5.50
Saving the lives of South Africa's mothers, babies, and children: can the health system deliver? Lancet (2009) 5.23
Two million intrapartum-related stillbirths and neonatal deaths: where, why, and what can be done? Int J Gynaecol Obstet (2009) 4.58
Sexual and reproductive health: a matter of life and death. Lancet (2006) 4.34
Projecting the demographic impact of AIDS and the number of people in need of treatment: updates to the Spectrum projection package. Sex Transm Infect (2006) 4.13
Can the world afford to save the lives of 6 million children each year? Lancet (2005) 4.07
Standards for CHERG reviews of intervention effects on child survival. Int J Epidemiol (2010) 3.90
Programmatic pathways to child survival: results of a multi-country evaluation of Integrated Management of Childhood Illness. Health Policy Plan (2005) 3.86
Mobilising financial resources for maternal health. Lancet (2006) 3.53
30 years after Alma-Ata: has primary health care worked in countries? Lancet (2008) 3.40
Alma-Ata: Rebirth and Revision 6 Interventions to address maternal, newborn, and child survival: what difference can integrated primary health care strategies make? Lancet (2008) 3.32
Neonatal resuscitation in low-resource settings: what, who, and how to overcome challenges to scale up? Int J Gynaecol Obstet (2009) 3.01
Newborn survival in low resource settings--are we delivering? BJOG (2009) 2.97
Countdown to 2015: assessment of donor assistance to maternal, newborn, and child health between 2003 and 2006. Lancet (2008) 2.83
Spectrum: a model platform for linking maternal and child survival interventions with AIDS, family planning and demographic projections. Int J Epidemiol (2010) 2.81
Evidence-based priority setting for health care and research: tools to support policy in maternal, neonatal, and child health in Africa. PLoS Med (2010) 2.56
Saving newborn lives in Asia and Africa: cost and impact of phased scale-up of interventions within the continuum of care. Health Policy Plan (2008) 2.48
Reducing intrapartum-related deaths and disability: can the health system deliver? Int J Gynaecol Obstet (2009) 2.39
Obstetric care in low-resource settings: what, who, and how to overcome challenges to scale up? Int J Gynaecol Obstet (2009) 2.22
Improving implementation: building research capacity in maternal, neonatal, and child health in Africa. PLoS Med (2010) 2.19
The Child Health Epidemiology Reference Group reviews of the effectiveness of interventions to reduce maternal, neonatal and child mortality. Int J Epidemiol (2010) 2.03
Perinatal mortality audit: counting, accountability, and overcoming challenges in scaling up in low- and middle-income countries. Int J Gynaecol Obstet (2009) 1.52
Closing the gaps: from science to action in maternal, newborn, and child health in Africa. PLoS Med (2010) 1.24
How many child deaths can we prevent this year? Lancet (2003) 30.39
Global, regional, and national causes of child mortality in 2008: a systematic analysis. Lancet (2010) 26.48
Global, regional, and national causes of child mortality: an updated systematic analysis for 2010 with time trends since 2000. Lancet (2012) 25.96
The growing burden of tuberculosis: global trends and interactions with the HIV epidemic. Arch Intern Med (2003) 24.99
Evidence-based, cost-effective interventions: how many newborn babies can we save? Lancet (2005) 18.87
WHO estimates of the causes of death in children. Lancet (2005) 18.33
Mortality of infected and uninfected infants born to HIV-infected mothers in Africa: a pooled analysis. Lancet (2004) 16.28
Achieving child survival goals: potential contribution of community health workers. Lancet (2007) 14.72
What works? Interventions for maternal and child undernutrition and survival. Lancet (2008) 13.89
Countdown to 2015 decade report (2000-10): taking stock of maternal, newborn, and child survival. Lancet (2010) 12.15
Estimates of maternal mortality worldwide between 1990 and 2005: an assessment of available data. Lancet (2007) 11.59
CD8+ T-cell responses to different HIV proteins have discordant associations with viral load. Nat Med (2006) 10.34
National, regional, and worldwide estimates of preterm birth rates in the year 2010 with time trends since 1990 for selected countries: a systematic analysis and implications. Lancet (2012) 10.21
Global burden of childhood pneumonia and diarrhoea. Lancet (2013) 9.28
Countdown to 2015 for maternal, newborn, and child survival: the 2008 report on tracking coverage of interventions. Lancet (2008) 9.23
Evidence-based interventions for improvement of maternal and child nutrition: what can be done and at what cost? Lancet (2013) 8.46
National, regional, and worldwide estimates of stillbirth rates in 2009 with trends since 1995: a systematic analysis. Lancet (2011) 8.28
Integrating HIV prevention and treatment: from slogans to impact. PLoS Med (2005) 6.73
The burden of malaria mortality among African children in the year 2000. Int J Epidemiol (2006) 6.64
Effect of community-based behaviour change management on neonatal mortality in Shivgarh, Uttar Pradesh, India: a cluster-randomised controlled trial. Lancet (2008) 6.58
The Accelerated Child Survival and Development programme in west Africa: a retrospective evaluation. Lancet (2010) 6.56
Preventing preterm births: analysis of trends and potential reductions with interventions in 39 countries with very high human development index. Lancet (2012) 6.33
Continuum of care for maternal, newborn, and child health: from slogan to service delivery. Lancet (2007) 6.25
Is Option B+ the best choice? Lancet (2013) 6.17
Diarrhoea: why children are still dying and what can be done. Lancet (2009) 6.09
Stillbirth rates: delivering estimates in 190 countries. Lancet (2006) 5.70
Sub-Saharan Africa's mothers, newborns, and children: where and why do they die? PLoS Med (2010) 5.54
Effect of pneumonia case management on mortality in neonates, infants, and preschool children: a meta-analysis of community-based trials. Lancet Infect Dis (2003) 5.48
Neonatal mortality levels for 193 countries in 2009 with trends since 1990: a systematic analysis of progress, projections, and priorities. PLoS Med (2011) 5.33
Equity in maternal, newborn, and child health interventions in Countdown to 2015: a retrospective review of survey data from 54 countries. Lancet (2012) 5.31
Saving the lives of South Africa's mothers, babies, and children: can the health system deliver? Lancet (2009) 5.23
Can we reverse the HIV/AIDS pandemic with an expanded response? Lancet (2002) 5.21
Measuring impact in the Millennium Development Goal era and beyond: a new approach to large-scale effectiveness evaluations. Lancet (2010) 5.11
Causes of deaths in children younger than 5 years in China in 2008. Lancet (2010) 5.02
Mind the gap: equity and trends in coverage of maternal, newborn, and child health services in 54 Countdown countries. Lancet (2008) 4.93
Undernutrition as an underlying cause of child deaths associated with diarrhea, pneumonia, malaria, and measles. Am J Clin Nutr (2004) 4.71
Gaps in policy-relevant information on burden of disease in children: a systematic review. Lancet (2005) 4.64
Causes of neonatal and child mortality in India: a nationally representative mortality survey. Lancet (2010) 4.59
Stillbirths: what difference can we make and at what cost? Lancet (2011) 4.50
A multicenter randomized controlled trial of nevirapine versus a combination of zidovudine and lamivudine to reduce intrapartum and early postpartum mother-to-child transmission of human immunodeficiency virus type 1. J Infect Dis (2003) 4.49
Multi-country analysis of the effects of diarrhoea on childhood stunting. Int J Epidemiol (2008) 4.46
Childhood pneumonia and diarrhoea: setting our priorities right. Lancet Infect Dis (2007) 4.42
Effect of water and sanitation on childhood health in a poor Peruvian peri-urban community. Lancet (2004) 4.36
Improving the prevention and management of chronic disease in low-income and middle-income countries: a priority for primary health care. Lancet (2008) 4.32
Long-term neurodevelopmental outcomes after intrauterine and neonatal insults: a systematic review. Lancet (2012) 4.31
WHO guidelines for management of severe malnutrition in rural South African hospitals: effect on case fatality and the influence of operational factors. Lancet (2004) 4.29
Effect of zinc supplementation on mortality in children aged 1-48 months: a community-based randomised placebo-controlled trial. Lancet (2007) 4.18
Effect of community-based promotion of exclusive breastfeeding on diarrhoeal illness and growth: a cluster randomised controlled trial. Lancet (2003) 4.11
Effect of the Integrated Management of Childhood Illness strategy on childhood mortality and nutrition in a rural area in Bangladesh: a cluster randomised trial. Lancet (2009) 4.11
Can the world afford to save the lives of 6 million children each year? Lancet (2005) 4.07
Alma-Ata 30 years on: revolutionary, relevant, and time to revitalise. Lancet (2008) 3.94
Programmatic pathways to child survival: results of a multi-country evaluation of Integrated Management of Childhood Illness. Health Policy Plan (2005) 3.86
Estimates of HIV-1 prevalence from national population-based surveys as a new gold standard. Lancet (2003) 3.85
Global maternal, newborn, and child health--so near and yet so far. N Engl J Med (2013) 3.68
The use of mobile phones as a data collection tool: a report from a household survey in South Africa. BMC Med Inform Decis Mak (2009) 3.49
60 Million non-facility births: who can deliver in community settings to reduce intrapartum-related deaths? Int J Gynaecol Obstet (2009) 3.48
Trade and social determinants of health. Lancet (2009) 3.47
Neonatal survival: a call for action. Lancet (2005) 3.44
Diarrhea incidence in low- and middle-income countries in 1990 and 2010: a systematic review. BMC Public Health (2012) 3.44
Health in South Africa: changes and challenges since 2009. Lancet (2012) 3.44
Effectiveness of an educational intervention delivered through the health services to improve nutrition in young children: a cluster-randomised controlled trial. Lancet (2005) 3.42
Setting priorities in global child health research investments: guidelines for implementation of CHNRI method. Croat Med J (2008) 3.42
Interventions to address deaths from childhood pneumonia and diarrhoea equitably: what works and at what cost? Lancet (2013) 3.41
Estimated global distribution and regional spread of HIV-1 genetic subtypes in the year 2000. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr (2002) 3.40
30 years after Alma-Ata: has primary health care worked in countries? Lancet (2008) 3.40
Achieving the health Millennium Development Goals for South Africa: challenges and priorities. Lancet (2009) 3.35
Alma-Ata: Rebirth and Revision 6 Interventions to address maternal, newborn, and child survival: what difference can integrated primary health care strategies make? Lancet (2008) 3.32
Epidemiology and etiology of childhood pneumonia in 2010: estimates of incidence, severe morbidity, mortality, underlying risk factors and causative pathogens for 192 countries. J Glob Health (2013) 3.30
Supporting the delivery of cost-effective interventions in primary health-care systems in low-income and middle-income countries: an overview of systematic reviews. Lancet (2008) 3.28
Predicting the distribution of under-five deaths by cause in countries without adequate vital registration systems. Int J Epidemiol (2003) 3.25
Setting priorities in global child health research investments: assessment of principles and practice. Croat Med J (2007) 3.24
Exclusive breastfeeding promotion by peer counsellors in sub-Saharan Africa (PROMISE-EBF): a cluster-randomised trial. Lancet (2011) 3.21
Efficacy of zinc in the treatment of severe pneumonia in hospitalized children <2 y old. Am J Clin Nutr (2006) 3.17
Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) in Bangladesh: early findings from a cluster-randomised study. Lancet (2004) 3.06