title: Progress in maternal and child health: how has South Asia fared?
authors.affiliation: Centre for Global Child Health, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada.|Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
authors.forename: Nadia
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Akseer
authors.affiliation: Centre for Global Child Health, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada.
authors.forename: Mahdis
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kamali
authors.affiliation: Maternal and Child Health Division, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b).
authors.forename: Shams E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Arifeen
authors.affiliation: Centre of Excellence in Women and Child Health, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan.
authors.forename: Ashar
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Malik
authors.affiliation: Centre of Excellence in Women and Child Health, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan.
authors.forename: Zaid
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Bhatti
authors.affiliation: Deep Children Hospital and Research Centre, Gandhidham, Gujrat, India.
authors.forename: Naveen
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Thacker
authors.affiliation: Nepal Public Health Foundation, Kathmandu, Nepal.
authors.forename: Mahesh
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Maksey
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka.
authors.forename: Harendra
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: D'Silva
authors.affiliation: International Center for Equity in Health, Federal University of Pelotas, Brazil.
authors.forename: Inacio Cm
authors.initials: IC
authors.lastname: da Silva
authors.affiliation: Centre for Global Child Health, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada zulfiqar.bhutta@sickkids.ca.|Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.|Centre of Excellence in Women and Child Health, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan.
authors.forename: Zulfiqar A
authors.initials: ZA
authors.lastname: Bhutta
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001208:Asia / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D000067576:Child Health / Q000191:economics / Q000639:trends*; D046688:Child Mortality / Q000639:trends; D005260:Female; D018166:Health Care Reform; D054625:Healthcare Disparities; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D000067010:Literacy; D044342:Malnutrition / Q000150:complications / Q000191:economics / Q000453:epidemiology; D000068097:Maternal Health / Q000191:economics / Q000639:trends*; D008428:Maternal Mortality / Q000639:trends; D008875:Middle Aged; D012499:Sanitation; D055815:Young Adult