Helga Fogstad

TL;DR: Evidence is provided from several countries showing that rapid progress is possible and that focused and targeted interventions can reduce inequities related to socioeconomic status and sex and much more can and should be done to address maternal and newborn health and improve coverage of interventions related to family planning, care around childbirth, and case management of childhood illnesses.

TL;DR: This report proposes three priority research areas and outlines how national investment in midwives and in their work environment, education, regulation, and management can improve quality of care.

TL;DR: To scale up neonatal care, two interlinked processes are required: a systematic, data-driven decision-making process, and a participatory, rights-based policy process; and systematically strengthening supply of, and demand for, services.

TL;DR: Development, implementation, and monitoring of national action plans for neonatal survival is a priority and the running costs of the selected packages at 90% coverage in the 75 countries with the highest mortality rates are estimated to be US4.1 billion dollars a year.

TL;DR: This paper explores the policy lessons on HRH from four countries that have achieved sustained improvements in UHC: Brazil, Ghana, Mexico and Thailand and reports on country experiences using an analytical framework that examines effective coverage in relation to the availability, accessibility, acceptance and quality of HRH.