Rachael Hinton

TL;DR: The Success Factors for Women's and Children's Health (SELF) studies as discussed by the authors investigated why some countries achieve faster progress than other comparable countries in the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by using statistical and econometric analyses of data from 144 low and middle-income countries (LMICs).

TL;DR: Three interdependent areas for action towards greater participation of the public in health are discussed: improving capabilities for individual and group participation; developing and sustaining people-centred health services; and social accountability.

TL;DR: Findings across 12 country case studies of multisectoral collaboration are presented, showing how diverse sectors intentionally shape new ways of collaborating and learning, using “business not as usual” strategies to transform situations and achieve shared goals.

TL;DR: The success factors for women's and children's health (success factors) studies as mentioned in this paper were developed to understand what works to support countries' progress towards the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and to inform the post-2015 goals and strategies under preparation.

TL;DR: Reducing maternal and child mortality in the 10 fast-track countries can be linked to consistent and coordinated policy and programme inputs across health and other sectors, according to the approaches used by successful countries.