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Generating political priority for neonatal mortality reduction in Bangladesh

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  • Shiffman, J.
  • Sultana, S.

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The low priority that most low-income countries give to neonatal mortality, which now constitutes more than 40% of deaths to children younger than 5 years, is a stumbling block to the world achieving the child survival Millennium Development Goal. Bangladesh is an exception to this inattention. Between 2000 and 2011, newborn survival emerged from obscurity to relative prominence on the government's health policy agenda. Drawing on a public policy framework, we analyzed how this attention emerged. Critical factors included national advocacy, government commitment to the Millennium Development Goals, and donor resources. The emergence of policy attention involved interactions between global and national factors rather than either alone. The case offers guidance on generating priority for neglected health problems in low-income countries.

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  • Shiffman, J. & Sultana, S., 2013. "Generating political priority for neonatal mortality reduction in Bangladesh," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 103(4), pages 623-631.
    • Handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:10.2105/ajph.2012.300919_5
    DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2012.300919
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    1. Rajan, Pavithra & Gangbar, Jonathan & Gayithri, K., 2014. "Child and maternal health and nutrition in South Asia: Lesson for India," Working Papers 323, Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore.
    2. Han, Lu & Koenig-Archibugi, Mathias & Opsahl, Tore, 2018. "The social network of international health aid," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 206(C), pages 67-74.
    3. Han, Lu & Koenig-Archibugi, Mathias, 2015. "Aid Fragmentation or Aid Pluralism? The Effect of Multiple Donors on Child Survival in Developing Countries, 1990–2010," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 76(C), pages 344-358.
    4. Smith, Stephanie L. & Shiffman, Jeremy, 2016. "Setting the global health agenda: The influence of advocates and ideas on political priority for maternal and newborn survival," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 166(C), pages 86-93.
    5. Ujjal Protim Dutta & Hemant Gupta & Asok Kumar Sarkar & Partha Pratim Sengupta, 2020. "Some Determinants of Infant Mortality Rate in SAARC Countries: an Empirical Assessment through Panel Data Analysis," Child Indicators Research, Springer;The International Society of Child Indicators (ISCI), vol. 13(6), pages 2093-2116, December.
    6. Maricianah Atieno Onono & Claire D Brindis & Justin S White & Eric Goosby & Dan Odhiambo Okoro & Elizabeth Anne Bukusi & George W Rutherford, 2019. "Challenges to generating political prioritization for adolescent sexual and reproductive health in Kenya: A qualitative study," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 14(12), pages 1-18, December.

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