Asha George

TL;DR: The case for placing children, aged 0–18 years, at the centre of the SDGs is presented: at the heart of the concept of sustainability and the authors' shared human endeavour.

TL;DR: Analysis of intervention coverage, equity, and drivers of reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health (RMNCH) in the 81 Countdown countries suggests that available services in many countries are of poor quality, limiting the potential effect on RMNCH outcomes.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors conducted interviews with 112 Tanzanian women who delivered in the preceding 14 months, their male partners, public opinion leaders and community health workers to understand experiences with and responses to abuse during childbirth in facilities across Morogoro Region, Tanzania.

TL;DR: Despite positive examples, community participation in health systems intervention research in low- and middle-income countries was variable, with few being truly community directed.

TL;DR: It is suggested that treatment decision making is a dynamic process characterised by uncertainty and debate, experimentation with multiple and simultaneous treatments, and shifting interpretations of the illness and treatment options, with household decision making hinging on social negotiations with a broad variety of actors and influenced by control over financial resources.