Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health and Ageing
We lead WHO’s work on the life course so that every pregnant woman, mother, newborn, child, adolescent, and older person will survive, thrive and enjoy health and well-being.

Journal articles

Guided by science, the MCA Department leads and champions evidence generation and the development of
health policies, strategies and programmes, and facilitates their implementation to ensure the health and well-
being of all women,a mothers, children and adolescents, especially the most vulnerable, everywhere.
As part of these efforts, we publish in scientific peer review journals. Below is a list of of journal articles from 2020 onward.

Maternal



2024

Legislation strengthening Maternal and Perinatal Death Surveillance and Response systems.
Int J Gynecol Obstet. 2024;166:1367-1372.

Climate change, air pollution and maternal and newborn health: An overview of reviews of health outcomes.
J Glob Health May 2024. Vol 14,04128.



2023

Measures to assess quality of postnatal care: A scoping review.
PLOS Glob Public Health 3(2): e0001384

Maternal health policy environment and the relationship with service utilization in low- and middle-income countries.
J Glob Health . 2023 May 10:13:04025.

Changes in the health systems and policy environment for maternal and newborn health, 2008-2018: An analysis of data from 78 low-income and middle-income countries.
Social science and medicine, volume 321, March 2023, 115765

Associations between self-reported obstetric complications and experience of care: a secondary analysis of survey data from Ghana, Kenya, and India.
PMID: 36609381. PMCID: PMC9817240

Development of indicators for integrated antenatal care service provision: a feasibility study in Burkina Faso, Kenya, Malawi, Senegal and Sierra Leone.BMJ Open 2023;13:e065358

Availability of priority maternal and newborn health indicators: Cross-sectional analysis of pregnancy, childbirth and postnatal care registers from 21 countries.
PLOS Glob Public Health 3(1): e0000739



2022

The WHO safe childbirth checklist after 5 years: future directions for improving outcomes.
Lancet Glob Health. 2022 Mar;10(3):e324-e325.

WHO standards-based tool to measure women’s views on the quality of care around the time of childbirth at facility level in the WHO European region: development and validation in Italy
BMJ Open 2022;12:e048195. doi:10.1136/ bmjopen-2020-048195

WHO Standards-based questionnaire to measure health workers' perspective on the quality of care around the time of childbirth in the WHO European region: development and mixed-methods validation in six countries
BMJ Open . 2022 Mar 17;12(3):e052115

Strengthening the reporting of stillbirths globally – Authors’ reply.
Lancet. 2022 Jan 8;399(10320):142.

Advancing maternal and perinatal health in low- and middle-income countries: A multi-country review of policies and programmes.
Front Glob Womens Health. 2022 Oct 10;3:909991

Implementation of maternal and perinatal death surveillance and response (MPDSR) in humanitarian settings: insights and experiences of humanitarian health practitioners and global technical expert meeting attendees.
Confl Health. 2022 May 7;16(1):23



2021

Overcoming blame culture: key strategies to catalyse maternal and perinatal death surveillance and response. 
BJOG. 2022 May;129(6):839-844.

Count every newborn: EN-BIRTH study improving facility-based coverage and quality measurement in routine information systems.
BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2021 March 26;21 (Suppl 1): 227

Uterotonics for prevention of postpartum haemorrhage: EN-BIRTH multi-country validation study.
BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2021 March 26;21 (Suppl 1): 230

Potential impact of midwives in preventing and reducing maternal and neonatal mortality and stillbirths: a Lives Saved Tool modelling study.

Lancet Glob Health 2021 Jan; 9(1):e24-e32

Assessment of the validity of the measurement of newborn and maternal health-care coverage in hospials (EN-BIRTH): an observational study.
Lancet Glob Health 2021 Mar; 9(3):e267-e279

MPDSR Technical Working Group. Overcoming blame culture: key strategies to catalyse maternal and perinatal death surveillance and response.
BJOG. 2022 May;129(6):839-844

Respectful maternal and newborn care: measurement in one EN-BIRTH study hospital in Nepal.
BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2021 March 26;21 (Suppl 1): 228

Global, regional, and national estimates and trends in stillbirths from 2000-2019: a systematic assessment.
Lancet. 2021 Aug 28; 398(10302):772-785

 

2020

Performance of late pregnancy biometry for gestational age dating in low-income and middle-income countries: a prospective, multicountry, population-based cohort study from the WHO Alliance for Maternal and Newborn Health Improvement (AMANHI) Study Group 
Lancet Glob Health. 2020 Apr; 8(4): e545–e554. - 20 March 2020

Burden of preconception morbidity in women of reproductive age from an urban setting in North India
PLoS One. 2020 Jun 18;15(6):e0234768

Discordance in postnatal care between mothers and newborns: Measurement artifact or missed opportunity?
J Glob Health. 2020 Jun;10(1):010505

Implementation of the new WHO antenatal care model for a positive pregnancy experience: a monitoring framework.
BMJ Glob Health. 2020 Jun;5(6)

 

 

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Newborn


2024

A multi-country, randomized trial of three nutritional supplements on short-term and sustained anthropometric recovery in children 6-24 months of age with moderate wasting and acute illnesses: the NUTRIMAM study protocol.
BMC Trials, 24 Article number: 738, Nov 2024.

The 77th World Health Assembly resolution calling for newborn screening, diagnosis, and management of birth defects: moving towards action in low-income and middle-income countries.
Lancet Glob Health. 2024 Nov;12(11):e1754-e1755.

Personalized azithromycin treatment rules for children with watery diarrhea using machine learning.
PUBMED 2024 Oct 28:2024.10.27.24316217.

Characteristics and outcomes of children 2-23 months of age with prolonged diarrhoea: A secondary analysis of data from the 'Antibiotics for Children with Diarrhea' trial.
J Glob Health. 2024 Oct 11:14:04196.

Integrated multisectoral interventions to mitigate the risk of low birth weight in low- and middle-income country settings: Implementation considerations for programs from a WHO expert consultation.
J Glob Health . 2024 Sep 13:14:03033.

The World Health Organization Antenatal CorTicosteroids for Improving Outcomes in preterm Newborns (ACTION-III) Trial: study protocol for a multi-country, multi-centre, double-blind, three-arm, placebo-controlled, individually randomized trial of antenatal corticosteroids for women at high probability of late preterm birth in hospitals in low- resource countries.
Trials 25, 258 April 2024.

Azithromycin for Bacterial Watery Diarrhea: A Reanalysis of the AntiBiotics for Children With Severe Diarrhea (ABCD) Trial Incorporating Molecular Diagnostics.
J Infect Dis. 2024 Apr 12;229(4):988-998.


2023

National, regional, and global estimates of preterm birth in 2020, with trends from 2010: a systematic analysis.
Lancet. 2023 Oct 7;402(10409):1261-1271

Measuring experience of and satisfaction with newborn care: a scoping review of tools and measures.
BMJ Glob Health. 2023 May;8(Suppl 2):e011104.

Assessing the neonatal health policy landscape in low- and middle-income countries: Findings from the 2018 WHO SRMNCAH policy survey.
J Glob Health. 2023 Mar 3:13:04024.


2022

New WHO recommendations for the care of preterm or low birthweight infants have the potential to transform maternal and newborn health-care delivery.
The Lancet S0140-6736(22)02186-9

Antenatal corticosteroids for early preterm birth: implementation strategy lessons from the WHO ACTION-I trial.
Health Research Policy and Systems (2022) 20:14, PMID:36578090

 

2021

How do women, men, and health providers perceive interventions to influence men's engagement in maternal and newborn health? A qualitative evidence synthesis.
Social Science & Medicine 291 (2021) 114475

Scaling up Kangaroo Mother Care in Ethiopia and India: a multi-site implementation research study.
BMJ Glob Health. 2021 Sep;6(9):e005905.


2020

An educational intervention to update health workers about HIV and infant feeding
Matern Child Nutr. 2020 Apr;16(2):e12922.

Community initiated kangaroo mother care and early child development in low birth weight infants in India-a randomized controlled trial
BMC Pediatr. 2020 Apr 4;20(1):150

Feasibility of implementation of simplified management of young infants with possible serious bacterial infection when referral is not feasible in tribal areas of Pune district, Maharashtra, India
PLoS One. 2020 Aug 24;15(8):e0236355

Antenatal Dexamethasone for Early Preterm Birth in Low-Resource Countries
N Engl J Med 2020; 383:2514-2525

Identification and management of young infants with possible serious bacterial infection where referral was not feasible in rural Lucknow district of Uttar Pradesh, India: An implementation research
PLoS One. 2020 Jun 4;15(6):e0234212

Impact of continuous Kangaroo Mother Care initiated immediately after birth (iKMC) on survival of newborns with birth weight between 1.0 to < 1.8 kg: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
Trials. 2020 Mar 19;21(1):280

Management of possible serious bacterial infection in young infants closer to home when referral is not feasible: Lessons from implementation research in Himachal Pradesh, India
PLoS One. 2020 Dec 22;15(12):e0243724

Retention-in-care in the PMTCT cascade: definitions matter! Analyses from the INSPIRE projects in Malawi, Nigeria and Zimbabwe
J Int AIDS Soc. 2020 Oct;23(10):e25609.

Multiomics Characterization of Preterm Birth in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
JAMA Netw Open. 2021 Feb 1;4(2):e210399

The first 2 h after birth: prevalence and factors associated with neonatal care practices from a multicountry, facility-based, observational study.
Lancet Glob Health. 2021 Jan;9(1):e72-e80

Understanding the mother-breastmilk-infant "triad"
Science. 2020 Mar 6;367(6482):1070-1072

World Prematurity Day: improving survival and quality of life for millions of babies born preterm around the world
Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2020 Nov 1;319(5):L871-L874

Implementation of the WHO guideline on treatment of young infants with signs of possible serious bacterial infection when hospital referral is not feasible in rural Zaria, Nigeria: Challenges and solutions
PLoS One. 2020 Mar 10;15(3):e0228718

 

 

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Child

 

2024

Recommendations for Using Health Service Coverage Cascades to Measure Effective Coverage for Maternal, Newborn, Child, and Adolescent Health Services or Interventions.
 Global Health: Science and Practice, Vol. 12, No. 5, 29 Oct 2024.

Action against birth defects: if not now, when?
Global Health Action, 17:1, May 2024.2354002

Climate change impacts on child and adolescent health and well-being: A narrative review.
J Glob Health May 2024. Vol 14,04061.

 

2023

A review of key terminology and definitions used for birth defects globally.
Journal of Community Genetics (2023) 14:241–262

Systematic estimates of the global, regional and national under-5 mortality burden attributable to birth defects in
2000–2019: a summary of findings from the 2020 WHO estimates

BMJ Open 2023;13:e067033.

Comprehensive framework for integrated action on the prevention, diagnosis, and management of anemia: An introduction.
Ann NY Acad Sci., 00, 1– 5.

Advocacy for better integration and use of child health indicators for global monitoring.
Glob Health Sci Pract. 2023;11(6):e2300181

Harmonizing data visualizations on child health and well-being to strengthen advocacy and monitoring efforts.
Glob Health Sci Pract. 2023;11(6):e2300182.

Global, regional, and national causes of death in children and adolescents younger than 20 years: an open data portal with estimates for 2000–21.
Lancet Glob. Health 2023. S2214-109X(23)00496-5

Racism, xenophobia, and discrimination: data disaggregation is a complex but crucial step to improving child health.
Lancet. S0140-6736(23)00618-9



2022

A rapid systematic review and evidence synthesis of effective coverage measures and cascades for childbirth, newborn and child health in low- and middle-income countries.
Journal of Global Health. 2022; 12; e04001.

Global, regional, and national trends in under-5 mortality between 1990 and 2019 with scenario-based projections until 2030: a systematic analysis by the UN Interagency Group for Child Mortality Estimation.
Lancet Glob Health 2022; 10: e195-206

Measurement tools and indicators for assessing nurturing care for early childhood development: A scoping review.
PLOS Global Public Health 2(4) 2022: e0000373

Child health and wellbeing dashboards: accountability for children's rights.
Lancet. 2022;399(10338):1847-9.

Measuring and monitoring child health and well-being: Recommendations for tracking progress with a core set of indicators in the SDG era.
Lancet Child and Adolescent Health, Volume 6, May 2022, 345-352.



2021

Guidance for systematic integration of undernutrition in cause of death attribution in Attributing Cause of Death in Children.
MITS Supplement of Clinical Infectious Diseases; 2021;73(SS):S374-81.

Revitalizing child health: lessons from the past.
Global Health Action Volume 14, 2021 - Issue 1

Demographic challenges and opportunities for child health programming in Africa and Asia.
BMJ Global Health. 2021 Mar; 6(3).



2020

Child Health Accountability Tracking-extending child health measurement.
Lancet Child Adolesc Health. 2020 Apr;4(4):259-261

Predictors of recovery in children aged 6-59 months with uncomplicated severe acute malnutrition: a multicentre study
Public Health Nutr. 2020 Nov 23:1-9

Inequalities in early childhood care and development in low/middle-income countries: 2010-2018
BMJ Glob Health. 2020 Feb 4;5(2):e002314

A future for the world's children? A WHO-UNICEF-Lancet Commission
Lancet. 2020 Feb 22;395(10224):605-658

After COVID-19, a future for the world's children?
Lancet. 2020 Aug 1;396(10247):298-300.

Growth faltering in early infancy: highlights from a two-day scientific consultation.
BMC Proc. 2020 Sep 15;14(Suppl 12):12.

Improving assent in health research: a rapid systematic review
BMC Med Res Methodol. 2020 May 13;20(1):114.

Breastfeeding advice for reality: Women's perspectives on primary care support in South Africa
Matern Child Nutr. 2020 Jan;16(1):e12877

Infant Formula Consumption Is Positively Correlated with Wealth, Within and Between Countries: A Multi-Country Study.
J Nutr. 2020 Apr 1;150(4):910-917.

Consumption of breast milk, formula and other non-human milk by children aged under 2 years: analysis of eighty-six low- and middle-income countries
Public Health Nutr. 2022 Mar; 25(3): 680–688.


Lower-Dose Zinc for Childhood Diarrhea - A Randomized, Multicenter Trial
N Engl J Med. 2020 Sep 24;383(13):1231-1241

Harmful marketing to children - Authors' reply
Lancet. 2020 Nov 28;396(10264):1735.

WHO hospital care for children guidelines: what do users need?
Arch Dis Child. 2020 Aug;105(8):711-712

 

 

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Adolescent



2024

SUPP - Introducing the World Health Organization's Stocktaking Exercise on Global Adolescent Health.J Adolesc Health. 2024 Oct; 75( Suppl): S1–S2.

Global Action for Measurement of Adolescent Health: A Key Tool for Improving Adolescent Health and Well-Being.
J Adolesc Health. 2024 Jun; 74(6 Suppl): S1–S2.

A United Approach to Enhance Adolescent Health Measurement.
J Adolesc Health. 2024 Jun; 74(6 Suppl): S3–S5.

Addressing the Need to Select Indicators of Adolescent Health: An Advisory Group's Reflections on the Journey.
 J Adolesc Health. 2024 Jun;74(6S):S6-S8

"Nothing About Us Without Us": Engagement of Young People in the Selection of Priority Indicators for Adolescent Health Measurement.
J Adolesc Health. 2024 Jun; 74(6s):S9-S11

Leveraging the Priority Indicators to Promote Comprehensive Adolescent Health Approaches.
J Adolesc Health. 2024 Jun;74(6S):S12-S14.

Resource to Support Standardized Monitoring of Adolescent Health: The Maternal, Newborn, Child, and Adolescent Health and Healthy Aging Indicator Metadata Toolkit.
J Adolesc Health. 2024 Jun;74(6S)

Filling Gaps in Adolescent Health Measurement: Taking Stock of Progress and Priorities Ahead.
J Adolesc Health. 2024 Jun;74(6S):S17-S21

What Does It Take to Make the Needs of Adolescents and Young People Visible Through Collecting Health Information in Togo?
J Adolesc Health 74 (2024 Jun) S22eS23

Improving Adolescent Mental Health Measurement in India.
J Adolesc Health Volume 74, Issue 6, Supplement, June 2024, Pages S24-S26

The Path Forward: Emerging Lessons From Validating a Multicountry Population-Level Data Collection Tool to Measure Adolescent and Youth Mental Health.
J Adolesc Health. 2024 Jun;74(6S):S27-S28

Adolescent Health Indicators: Violence Measures Are Critical to Include.
J Adolesc Health 74 (2024) S29eS30

Indicators to Measure Adolescent Health at the Country, Regional, and Global Levels: Results of a Five-Year Selection Process by the Global Action for the Measurement of Adolescent Health.
J Adolesc Health 74 (2024) S31eS46

Relevance of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to Adolescent Health Measurement: A Systematic Mapping of the SDG Framework and Global Adolescent Health Indicators.
J Adolesc HealthVolume 74, Issue 6, Supplement, June 2024, Pages S47-S55 

Towards Harmonized Adolescent Health Measurement: Assessing Alignment Between Current Recommendations and the Global Action for Measurement of Adolescent Health-Recommended Indicators.
J Adolesc Health 74 (Jun 2024) S56eS65

Exploring a Preliminary Set of Indicators to Measure Adolescent Health: Results From a 12-Country Feasibility Study.
J Adolesc Health 74 (2024) S66eS79

Challenges and Opportunities to Advance Adolescent Health Measurement in Armenia: Alignment Between Global Priority Indicators and National Policies, and Feasibility of Collecting Sexual, Reproductive, and Mental Health Indicators.
Journal of Adolescent Health 74 (2024) S80eS93

 

2023

Effectiveness of a participatory approach to develop school health interventions in four low resource cities: study protocol of the ‘empowering adolescents to lead change using health data’ cluster randomized controlled trial
BMJ Open 2023; 13(7): e071353

The Global Shortage of School Nurses.
PMID: 37981787

Global systematic scoping review of school-based mental health services.
osf-registrations-jfrc9-v1

Reaching adolescents with health services: systematic development of an adolescent health check-ups programme in Ghana.
rs-1771930/v1/eced0f02-773e-4280-a9be-dece7ee0da72

Evidence on the causal impact of exposure to policies and laws during adolescence on adolescent and later-life health and well-being: A systematic review
PROSPERO 2023 CRD42023454225

Examining relationships between adolescent conditions and experiences, and outcomes in later life (young adulthood, mid-life, and old age): A systematic review
PROSPERO 2023 CRD42023407980

Developing a global approach for measurement of adolescent well-being.
J Adolesc Health 2023;73(6):972-4.




2022

Examining the effects of interventions and policies during adolescence and youth on adult outcomes: a systematized narrative review
PROSPERO 2022 CRD42022357522

Priority Indicators for Adolescent Health Measurement–Recommendations From the Global Action for Measurement of Adolescent Health (GAMA) Advisory Group
J Adolesc Health volume 71,issue 4, S1054139X22004281

WHO standards-based tools to measure service providers’ and service users’ views on the quality of hospital child care: development and validation in Italy.
BMJ Open 2022;12:e052115.

Best Practice During Teleconsultations With Adolescents: A Scoping Review 
J Adolesc Health. 2022 Jan 23:S1054-139X(21)00625-X

Assessing and Supporting Adolescents' Capacity for Autonomous Decision-Making in Health-Care Settings: New Guidance From the World Health Organization
Journal of Adolescent Health 71 (2022) 10e13

Realising the potential of schools to improve adolescent nutrition

BMJ. 2022 Oct 27;379

Opportunities to advance measurement of adolescent wellbeing: building on a new conceptual framework
BMJ 2022;379:e068955

WHO standards-based tools to measure service providers' and service users' views on the quality of hospital child care: development and validation in Italy
BMJ Open. 2022 Mar 17;12(3):e052115



2021

Physical activity behaviours in adolescence: current evidence and opportunities for intervention.
The Lancet - Physical activity- VOLUME 398, ISSUE 10298, P429-442, JULY 31, 2021

A Scoping Review of Adolescent Health Indicators.
Journal of Adolescent Health Volume 69, Issue 3, September 2021, Pages 365-374

Easy Access to the Latest Global, Regional, and National Adolescent Health Data: The World Health Organization Maternal, Newborn, Child, and Adolescent Health and Ageing Data Portal.
Journal of Adolescent Health COMMENTARY| VOLUME 68, ISSUE 2, P243-245, FEBRUARY 01, 2021

2020

Global trends in insufficient physical activity among adolescents: a pooled analysis of 298 population-based surveys with 1·6 million participants
Lancet Child Adolesc Health. 2020 Jan;4(1):23-35

Adolescent Well-Being: A Definition and Conceptual Framework
J Adolesc Health. 2020 Oct;67(4):472-476.

Previsit Multidomain Psychosocial Screening Tools for Adolescents and Young Adults: A Systematic Review
J Adolesc Health. 2021 Mar;68(3):449-459

Reopening schools during the COVID-19 pandemic: governments must balance the uncertainty and risks of reopening schools against the clear harms associated with prolonged closure
Arch Dis Child. 2021 Feb;106(2):111-113

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Ageing


2025

Supporting countries to ensure the continuum of integrated care for older people.
SPRINGER, Vol 37, article number 97, 20 March 2025

2024

Identification of research gaps to improve care for healthy ageing: a scoping review.
Fam Med Com Health, Oct 2024; 12:e003116

The UN Decade of Healthy Ageing (2021–30) for people living with HIV.
The Lancet Healthy Longevity 4 Oct 2024, 100643

Defining the role and reach of a geriatrician.
The Lancet Healthy Longevity 4 Oct 2024, 100644

Sex-specific clinical and neurobiological correlates of fatigue in older adults.
GeoScience Aug 2024, 10.1007/s11357-024-01259-0

Survey of international experts on research priorities to improve care for healthy ageing.
Fam Med Com Health 2024;12:e002703

Climate change impacts on child and adolescent health and well-being: A narrative review.
J Glob Health May 2024, Vol 14.04101

Implementation and impact of the World Health Organization integrated care for older people (ICOPE) program in China: a randomised controlled trial.
Age and Ageing, Volume 53, Issue 1, January 2024, afad249


2023

Measurement properties of instruments to measure the fatigue domain of vitality capacity in community-dwelling older people: an umbrella review of systematic reviews and meta-analysis.
Age Ageing. 2023 Oct 28;52(Suppl 4):iv26-iv43.

Effective service coverage of long-term care among older persons in South Korea.
Age Ageing. 2023 Oct 28;52(Suppl 4):iv162-iv169.

The Capability Approach and the WHO healthy ageing framework (for the UN Decade of Healthy Ageing).
Age Ageing. 2023 Oct 28;52(Suppl 4):iv6-iv9.

Psychometric properties of ability to contribute measurements as a domain of functional ability of older persons: a COSMIN systematic review.
Age Ageing. 2023 Oct 28;52(Suppl 4):iv138-iv148

A systematic review of reviews on the psychometric properties of measures of older persons' ability to build and maintain social relationships.
Age Ageing. 2023 Oct 28;52(Suppl 4):iv133-iv137.

A systematic review of the measurement properties of aspects of psychological capacity in older adults.
Age Ageing. 2023 Oct 28;52(Suppl 4):iv67-iv81.

Measures of ability to learn, grow and make decisions among older persons: a systematic review of measurement properties.
Age Ageing. 2023 Oct 28;52(Suppl 4):iv118-iv132.

A systematic review of measures of ability to meet basic needs in older persons.
Age Ageing. 2023 Oct 28;52(Suppl 4):iv112-iv117.

Assessing cognitive function in longitudinal studies of ageing worldwide: some practical considerations.
Age Ageing. 2023 Oct 28;52(Suppl 4):iv13-iv25.

Assessing the measurement properties of life-space mobility measures in community-dwelling older adults: a systematic review.
Age Ageing. 2023 Oct 28;52(Suppl 4):iv86-iv99.

Measures of attributes of locomotor capacity in older people: a systematic literature review following the COSMIN methodology.
Age Ageing. 2023 Oct 28;52(Suppl 4):iv44-iv66

A unified framework for the measurement of mobility in older persons
Age  Ageing 2023;52 (Suppl4): iv82–iv85


2022

Attributes and defnitions of locomotor capacity in older people: a World Health Organisation (WHO) locomotor capacity working group meeting report.
Aging Clinical and Experimental Research (2022) 34:481–483

WHO working definition of vitality capacity for healthy longevity monitoring.
Lancet Healthy Longev 2022; 3: e789–96

Artificial intelligence for older people receiving long-term care: a systematic review of acceptability and effectiveness
studies.

Lancet Healthy Longev 2022;3:e286–97

The UN Decade of healthy ageing: strengthening measurement for monitoring health and wellbeing of older people.
Age Ageing 2022; 51: 1–5.

Implementing care for healthy ageing.
BMJ Glob Health. 2022 Feb;7(2):e007778.

What Is Intrinsic Capacity and Why Should Nutrition Be Included in the Vitality Domain?
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2022 Jan 7;77(1):94-100.

What long-term care interventions have been published between 2010 and 2020? Results of a WHO scoping review identifying long-term care interventions for older people around the world.
BMJ Open. 2022 Jan 31;12(1):e054492.


2021

A Recommended Package of Long-Term Care Services to Promote Healthy Ageing Based on a WHO Global Expert Consensus Study
JAMDA,  Volumw 23, Issue 2, P297-303.E14, Feb 2022

Measuring functional ability in healthy ageing: a nationwide cross-sectional survey in the Philippine.
BMJ Open 2021;11:e050827.

Integrated care for older people (ICOPE): From guidelines to demonstrating feasibility.
J Frailty Aging 2021;10(2)84-85

Framework implementation of the inspire ICOPE-Care program
The Journal of Frailty & Aging Volume 10, Number 2, 2021

Intrinsic capacity and its associations with incident dependence and mortality in 10/66 Dementia Research Group studies in Latin America, India, and China: A population-based cohort study.
Published: September 14, 2021-
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1003097


 

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Cross-cutting


2025

Interventions to reduce the effects of air pollution and of extreme heat on maternal, newborn, and child health outcomes: a mapping of the literature.
J Glob Health, 2025;15:04035


2024

Resource to Support Standardized Monitoring of Adolescent Health: The Maternal, Newborn, Child, and Adolescent Health and Healthy Aging Indicator Metadata Toolkit.
Journal of Adolescent Health 74 (June 2024), Issue 6, Supplement, S15-16

Climate change impacts on health across the life course.
J Glob Health May 2024. Vol 14; 14:03018

 

2023

Delivering quality care to all mothers and newborns requires governments to engage the private sector.
PMID: 37147005. PMCID: PMC10161077

Engaging the private sector to deliver quality maternal and newborn health services for universal health coverage: lessons from policy dialogues.
BMJ Glob Health 2023 Sep;8(Suppl 5):e008939

Networks of care to strengthen primary healthcare in resource constrained settings.
BMJ. 2023 Mar 13:380:e071833.

Prepared health systems provide quality care at all times.
BMJ . 2023 Mar 13:380:e072698.

Quality of inpatient paediatric and newborn care in district hospitals.
Lancet global health, Volume 11, Issue 10, October 2023, Pages e1512-e1513


2022

The need for new models to measure the impact of prevention.
Journal of Adolescent Health, 72(1), 9-11.

Networks of Care: An Approach to Improving Maternal and Newborn Health.
Glob Health Sci Pract. 2022 Dec 21;10(6):e2200162.

Global core indicators for measuring WHO’s paediatric quality-of-care standards in health facilities: development and expert consensus.
BMC Health Services Research, 22 (887)

National learning systems to sustain and scale up delivery of quality healthcare: a conceptual framework.
BMJ Glob Health . 2022 Aug;7(8):e008664.


2021

Patterns and trends in causes of child and adolescent mortality 2000-2016: setting the scene for child health redesign.
BMJ Global Health. 2021 Mar;6(3).

Redesigning health programmes for all children and adolescents.
BMJ 2021;372;n533.


2020

Assessing coverage of interventions for reproductive, maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health and nutrition.
BMJ. 2020 Jan 26;368:l6915

Closing the inequality gaps in reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health coverage: slow and fast progressors.
BMJ Glob Health. 2020 Jan 26;5(1):

Informal work and maternal and child health: a blind spot in public health and research.
Bull World Health Organ. 2020 Mar 1;98(3):219-221.

Social accountability for reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health: A review of reviews
PLoS One. 2020 Oct 9;15(10):e0238776

 

 

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Monitoring

 

2025


2024

Resource to Support Standardized Monitoring of Adolescent Health: The Maternal, Newborn, Child, and Adolescent Health and Healthy Aging Indicator Metadata Toolkit
J Adolesc Health. 2024 Jun;74(6S):S15-S16.

Global estimates should be more responsive to country needs
The Lancet, Volume 403, Issue 10440, 18-24 May 2024, Pages 1952-1953

 

2023

Use of routine health information systems to monitor disruptions of coverage of maternal, newborn, and child health services during COVID-19: A scoping review
J Glob Health 2023;13:06002.

Regular measurement is essential but insufficient to improve quality of healthcare
BMJ. 2023 Mar 13:380:e073412.


2022

National, regional and global causes of 5-19 mortality in 2000-2019: a systematic analysis.
Lancet Global Health, Volume 10, Issue 3, March 2022, Pages e337-e347

Scaling up a monitoring and evaluation framework for sexual, reproductive, maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health services and outcomes in humanitarian settings: A global initiative.
PMID: 36569812 PMCID: PMC9767412

Towards a harmonised framework for developing quality of care indicators for global health: a scoping review of existing conceptual and methodological practices
BMJ Health Care Inform . 2022 Jan;29(1):e100469.

Creating a Global Legal and Policy Database and Document Repository: Challenges and Lessons Learned From the World Health Organization Sexual, Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health Policy Survey.
Int J Health Policy Manag 2022, 11(11), 2415–2421

 

2021

A call for standardised age-disaggregated health data.
Lancet Healthy Longev 2021; 2: 436-43

Improving analysis and use of routine reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health facility data in low-and middle income countries: a universal priority.
BMC Health Services Research Volume 21 Supplement 1 (2021)

Patterns and trends in causes of child and adolescent mortality 2000-2016: setting the scene for child health redesign.
BMJ Global Health volum 6 (3); e004760


2020

Effective Coverage Think Tank Group. Effective coverage measurement in maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health and nutrition: progress, future prospects, and implications for quality health systems.
Lancet Glob Health. 2020 May;8(5):e730-e736

Data Collection Tools for Maternal and Child Health in Humanitarian Emergencies: An Updated Systematic Review.
Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2020 Oct;14(5):601-619.

Large and persistent subnational inequalities in reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health intervention coverage in sub-Saharan Africa.
BMJ Glob Health. 2020 Jan 26;5(1):e002232

Measurement and accountability for maternal, newborn and child health: fit for 2030?
BMJ Glob Health. 2020 Jul;5(7):e002697

Monitoring the status of selected health related sustainable development goals: methods and projections to 2030.
Glob Health Action. 2020 Dec 31;13(1):1846903

Wealth-related inequalities in the coverage of reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health interventions in 36 countries in the African Region.
Bull World Health Organ. 2020 Jun 1;98(6):394-405

What is meant by validity in maternal and newborn health measurement? A conceptual framework for understanding indicator validation?
PLoS One. 2020 May 29;15(5):e0233969


 

 

 

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