Building upon the successes of Countdown to 2015, Countdown to 2030 aims to support
the monitoring and measurement of women's, children's, and adolescents' health in the 81 …

Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) can affect people's health and wellbeing not only at
the time the ACE is experienced, but also later in life. The majority of studies on ACEs are …

Objective To investigate disparities in full immunization coverage across and within 86 low-and
middle-income countries. Methods In May 2015, using data from the most recent …

In this paper we update the profile of the 1993 Pelotas (Brazil) Birth Cohort Study, with
emphasis on a shift of priority from maternal and child health research topics to four main …

Introduction The state of mental health of the population is considered to be an important
and essential component of public health. Depression is the mental disorder with greatest …

All births occurring in Pelotas (N ¼ 5265), from 1 January to 31 December 1993, were
enrolled and 5249 agreed to take part in the longitudinal study. In the original cohort profile [http://…

Background Latin American and Caribbean populations include three main ethnic groups:
indigenous people, people of African descent, and people of European descent. We …

Background An estimated 23 million infants are still not being benefitted from routine
immunization services. We assessed how many children failed to be fully immunized even though …

OBJECTIVE To estimate the prevalence and factors associated with psychological, physical
and sexual violence in women victims of intimate partner violence assisted in the primary …

OBJECTIVE: To expand the "Countdown to 2015" analyses of health inequalities beyond
the 75 countries being monitored worldwide to include all countries in Latin America and the …