title: Maternal and child health: is South Asia ready for change?
authors.affiliation: Aga Khan University, Karachi 74800, Pakistan. zulfiqar.bhutta@aku.edu
authors.forename: Zulfiqar A
authors.initials: ZA
authors.lastname: Bhutta
authors.forename: Indu
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: Harendra
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: de'Silva
authors.forename: Dharma
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Manandhar
authors.forename: Shally
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Awasthi
authors.forename: S M Moazzem
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Hossain
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Salam
mesh_terms: D000346:Afghanistan / Q000453:epidemiology; D001211:Asia, Western / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D002662:Child Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D002669:Child Welfare / Q000639:trends*; D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000401:mortality; D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D005260:Female; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007226:Infant Mortality / Q000639:trends; D044342:Malnutrition / Q000401:mortality; D008427:Maternal Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D008428:Maternal Mortality / Q000639:trends; D008429:Maternal Welfare / Q000639:trends*; D011247:Pregnancy; D012923:Social Class; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors