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. 2012;9(8):e1001282.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001282. Epub 2012 Aug 7.

Developing and costing local strategies to improve maternal and child health: the investment case framework

Eliana Jimenez Soto  1 , Sophie La Vincente, Andrew Clark, Sonja Firth, Alison Morgan, Zoe Dettrick, Prarthna Dayal, Bernardino M Aldaba, Beena Varghese, Laksono Trisnantoro, Yogendra Prasai; Investment Case Team for India, Indonesia, Nepal, Papua New Guinea and the Philippines
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Developing and costing local strategies to improve maternal and child health: the investment case framework

Eliana Jimenez Soto et al. PLoS Med. 2012.

Abstract

Eliana Jimenez Soto and colleagues describe the Investment Case framework, a health systems research approach for planning and budgeting, and detail the implementation of the framework in four Asian countries to improve maternal, newborn and child health.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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Figure 1
Figure 1. The Investment Case framework.
MDG, Millennium Development Goal.
Figure 2
Figure 2. Comparison of proposed and actual timeline of IC activities in Indonesia.
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