Research on life sciences detailed by scientists at Institute of Tropical Medicine, Department of Public Health

Researchers detail in 'International health policy and stagnating maternal mortality: is there a causal link,' new data in life sciences. "This paper examines why progress towards Millennium Development Goal 5 on maternal health appears to have stagnated in much of the global south. We contend that besides the widely recognised existence of weak health systems, including weak services, low staffing levels, managerial weaknesses, and lack of infrastructure and information, this stagnation relates to the inability of most countries to meet two essential conditions: to develop access to publicly funded, comprehensive health care, and to provide the not-for-profit sector with needed political,...

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