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Review
. 2004 Apr 3;328(7443):816-9.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7443.816.

Maternal and child health: is South Asia ready for change?

Zulfiqar A Bhutta  1 , Indu Gupta, Harendra de'Silva, Dharma Manandhar, Shally Awasthi, S M Moazzem Hossain, M A Salam
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Review

Maternal and child health: is South Asia ready for change?

Zulfiqar A Bhutta et al. BMJ. .

Abstract

South Asia still has a long way to go to meet the United Nations' millennium development goals for maternal and child mortality

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Figure 1
Death rates in children under 5 and perinatal, infant, and neonatal mortality in South Asian countries. Perinatal and neonatal mortality for Bhutan and Afghanistan were estimated from regional proportionate mortality
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Figure 2
Lack of clean water contributes to high maternal and child morbidity Credit: HELDUR NECTONY
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