Publications
Print Publications
Positioning Women’s and Children’s Health in the Post-2015 Sustainable Development Agenda
This chapter focused on learning from the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) to inform the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) agenda with a particular focus on how women’s and children’s health and reproductive health and rights could be better reflected in the SDG framework.
Toure, K. and Presern, C. (2017). ‘Positioning Women’s and Children’s Health in the Post-2015 Sustainable Development Agenda’ in Matlin, S. and Kickbusch, I. (Eds) Pathways to Global Health, Case Studies in Global Health Diplomacy. London: World Scientific Publishing Pvt. Ltd, pp 253-294.
Accelerating progress on women’s and children’s health
This summarises a longer article, which synthesised evidence on success factors for women’s and children’s health in low- and middle-income countries that achieved accelerated progress (fast-track countries). These countries deploy strategies tailored to their unique context and make progress in three main areas: addressing health determinants; planning for both quick wins and longer-term gains, and explicitly adopting policies to shape progress. Recommendations were made about investments that could lead to faster progress in other countries.
Bulletin of the World Health Organization (2014) | Volume 92 | Page 467-467
Presern, C., Bustreo, F., Evans, T. and Ghaffar, A.
Success factors for reducing maternal and child mortality
Evidence exists on the investments, interventions and enabling policies required for improvements in women’s and children’s health. Less is understood about why some countries achieve faster progress than others. The Success Factors sought to address this gap using statistical and econometric analyses of data from 144 low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) over 20 years. This evidence synthesis contributes to global learning on accelerating improvements for 2015 and beyond.
Bulletin of the World Health Organization (2014) | Volume 92 | Page 533-544
Presern, C., Bustreo, F., Evans, T. and Ghaffar, A.
From evidence to action to deliver a healthy start for the next generation
Every Newborn Action Plan outline mortality goals for newborn babies (ten or fewer per 1000 livebirths) and stillbirths (ten or fewer per 1000 total births) by 2035, aligning with A Promise Renewed target for children and the vision of Every Woman Every Child.
Lancet (2014) | Every Newborn | Volume 384, Issue 9941 | Page 455-467
Mason, E., McDougall, L., Lawn, J.E., Gupta, A., Claeson, M., Pillay, Y., Presern, C., Lukong, M.B., Mann, G., Wijnroks, M., Azad, K., Taylor, K., Beattie, A., Bhutta, Z.A and Chopra, M.
Advancing social and economic development by investing in women's and children's health: a new Global Investment Framework
A new Global Investment Framework for Women's and Children's Health demonstrates how investment in women's and children's health will secure high health, social, and economic returns. We costed health systems strengthening and six investment packages for: maternal and newborn health, child health, immunisation, family planning, HIV/AIDS, and malaria.
Lancet (2013) | Health Policy | Volume 383, Issue 9925 | Page 1333-1354
Stenberg, K, Axelson, H, Sheehan, P, Anderson, I, Gülmezoglu, M, Temmerman, M, Mason, E, Friedman, H.S, Bhutta, Z.A, Lawn, J.E, Sweeny, K, Tulloch, J, Hansen, P, Chopra, M, Gupta, A, Vogel, J.P, Ostergren, M, Rasmussen, B, Levin, C, Boyle, C, Kuruvilla, S, Koblinsky, M, Walker, N, de Francisco, A, Novcic, N, Presern, C, Jamison, D and Bustreo, F.
Placing Populations' Health at the Heart of the Post-2015 Agenda
The post-2015 sustainable development framework, with its focus on four overarching areas, offers an opportunity to build on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). A transformative agenda that prioritizes the most disadvantaged people everywhere, and especially women, children and adolescents, will yield the greatest benefits. Such an agenda will require a strong collaborative international effort involving multiple stakeholders. Existing partnerships, such as Every Woman Every Child and the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health, provide a model that has worked in the past and that should be extended across the many sectors involved in global health and sustainable development.
Bulletin of the World Health Organization (2013) | Volume 91, Issue 7 | Page 467
Presern, C.
From Safe Motherhood, Newborn, and Child Survival Partnerships to the Continuum of Care and Accountability: Moving Fast Forward to 2015
The present paper provides an overview of the Safe Motherhood Initiative, Healthy Newborn Partnership, and Child Survival Partnership and their eventual merge into the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (PMNCH) in 2005.
International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics (2012) | Volume 119 | Issue 1 | S6-S8
Bustreo, F, Requejo, J.H, Merialdi, M, Presern, C. and Songane, F.
Keeping promises for women and children
The health of women and children has received unprecedented international attention in recent years. The UN Secretary-General's Global Strategy for Women's and Children's Health, which was launched in Sept, 2010, defined clear priorities for action to reduce maternal, newborn, and child mortality in 49 high-burden, low-income countries.
The Lancet (2012) | Volume 9832 | Issue 379 | Page 2125-2126
Presern, C, Bustreo, F, Droop, J, Fogstad, H, Starrs, A, Axelson, H and Frenk, J.
Voluntary Service Overseas
These three papers give an insight into the workings of the charity Voluntary Service Overseas. The first paper describes the charity, the second describes the first hand experience of a volunteer and the third gives one volunteer's suggestions for improving the provision of health care in the area where she worked.
Midwifery (1986) | Volume 2 | Issue 1 | Pages 11 - 14
Nurden, R. & Presern, C.