A future for the world's children? A WHO–UNICEF–Lancet Commission

Helen Clark; Awa Marie Coll-Seck; Anshu Banerjee; Stefan Peterson; Sarah L. Dalglish; Shanthi Ameratunga; Dina Balabanova; Maharaj Kishan Bhan; Zulfiqar A. Bhutta; John Borrazzo; Mariam Claeson; Tanya Doherty; Fadi El-Jardali; Asha S. George; Angela Gichaga; Lu Gram; David B. Hipgrave; Aku Kwamie; Qingyue Meng; Raúl Mercer; Sunita Narain; Jesca Nsungwa-Sabiiti; Adesola O. Olumide; David Osrin; Timothy Powell-Jackson; Kumanan Rasanathan; Imran Rasul; Papaarangi Reid; Jennifer Requejo; Sarah S. Rohde; Nigel Rollins; Magali Romedenne; Harshpal Singh Sachdev; Rana Saleh; Yusra R. Shawar; Jeremy Shiffman; Jonathon Simon; Peter D. Sly; Karin Stenberg; Mark Tomlinson; Rajani R. Ved; Anthony Costello

doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(19)32540-1

A future for the world's children? A WHO–UNICEF–Lancet Commission

Helen Clark, Awa Marie Coll-Seck, Anshu Banerjee, Stefan Peterson, Sarah L. Dalglish, Shanthi Ameratunga, Dina Balabanova, Maharaj Kishan Bhan, Zulfiqar A. Bhutta, John Borrazzo, Mariam Claeson, Tanya Doherty, Fadi El-Jardali, Asha S. George, Angela Gichaga, Lu Gram, David B. Hipgrave, Aku Kwamie, Qingyue Meng, Raúl MercerSunita Narain, Jesca Nsungwa-Sabiiti, Adesola O. Olumide, David Osrin, Timothy Powell-Jackson, Kumanan Rasanathan, Imran Rasul, Papaarangi Reid, Jennifer Requejo, Sarah S. Rohde, Nigel Rollins, Magali Romedenne, Harshpal Singh Sachdev, Rana Saleh, Yusra R. Shawar, Jeremy Shiffman, Jonathon Simon, Peter D. Sly, Karin Stenberg, Mark Tomlinson, Rajani R. Ved, Anthony Costello

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	605-658
Number of pages	54
Journal	The Lancet
Volume	395
Issue number	10224
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(19)32540-1
Publication status	Published - 22 Feb 2020
Externally published	Yes

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Clark, H., Coll-Seck, A. M., Banerjee, A., Peterson, S., Dalglish, S. L., Ameratunga, S., Balabanova, D., Bhan, M. K., Bhutta, Z. A., Borrazzo, J., Claeson, M., Doherty, T., El-Jardali, F., George, A. S., Gichaga, A., Gram, L., Hipgrave, D. B., Kwamie, A., Meng, Q., ... Costello, A. (2020). A future for the world's children? A WHO–UNICEF–Lancet Commission. The Lancet, 395(10224), 605-658. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(19)32540-1

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AU - Coll-Seck, Awa Marie

AU - Banerjee, Anshu

AU - Peterson, Stefan

AU - Dalglish, Sarah L.

AU - Ameratunga, Shanthi

AU - Balabanova, Dina

AU - Bhan, Maharaj Kishan

AU - Bhutta, Zulfiqar A.

AU - Borrazzo, John

AU - Claeson, Mariam

AU - Doherty, Tanya

AU - El-Jardali, Fadi

AU - George, Asha S.

AU - Gichaga, Angela

AU - Gram, Lu

AU - Hipgrave, David B.

AU - Kwamie, Aku

AU - Meng, Qingyue

AU - Mercer, Raúl

AU - Narain, Sunita

AU - Nsungwa-Sabiiti, Jesca

AU - Olumide, Adesola O.

AU - Osrin, David

AU - Powell-Jackson, Timothy

AU - Rasanathan, Kumanan

AU - Rasul, Imran

AU - Reid, Papaarangi

AU - Requejo, Jennifer

AU - Rohde, Sarah S.

AU - Rollins, Nigel

AU - Romedenne, Magali

AU - Singh Sachdev, Harshpal

AU - Saleh, Rana

AU - Shawar, Yusra R.

AU - Shiffman, Jeremy

AU - Simon, Jonathon

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AU - Stenberg, Karin

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