Devolving countdown to countries: using global resources to support regional and national action by Zulfiqar A. Bhutta, Mickey Chopra

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Malawi and Millennium Development Goal 4: a Countdown to 2015 country case study by Mercy Kanyuka, MSc, Jameson Ndawala, MHS, Tiope Mleme, MSc, Lusungu Chisesa, BSc, Medson Makwemba, BSc, Agbessi Amouzou, PhD, Josephine Borghi, PhD, Judith Daire, PhD, Rufus Ferrabee, MBBS, Elizabeth Hazel, MHS, Rebecca Heidkamp, PhD, Prof. Kenneth Hill, PhD, Melisa Martínez Álvarez, PhD, Leslie Mgalula, MSc, Spy Munthali, PhD, Bejoy Nambiar, MPH, Humphreys Nsona, MSc, Lois Park, MSPH, Neff Walker, PhD, Bernadette Daelmans, MD, Jennifer Bryce, EdD, Dr. Tim Colbourn, PhD

“…Background: Several years in advance of the 2015 endpoint for the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), Malawi was already thought to be one of the few countries in sub-Saharan Africa likely to meet the MDG 4 target of reducing under-5 mortality by two-thirds between 1990 and 2015. Countdown to 2015 therefore selected the Malawi National Statistical Office to lead an in-depth country case study, aimed mainly at explaining the country's success in improving child survival. …”
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Effect of green phase countdown timer on reduction of drivers' dilemma at signalized intersection by Takaya ISHIKURA, Hironori SUZUKI

“…This study numerically evaluated the effect of green phase countdown timer (CDT) on the reduction of driver's dilemma at signalized intersection. …”
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Ten years countdown to hepatitis C elimination in Belgium: a mathematical modeling approach by Dana Busschots, Erwin Ho, Sarah Blach, Frederik Nevens, Homie Razavi, Brieuc Van Damme, Thomas Vanwolleghem, Geert Robaeys

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21-day countdown to success : take charge of your life in less than a month / by 416811 Witting, Chris J.

Tracking the impacts of climate change on human health via indicators: lessons from the Lancet Countdown by Claudia Di Napoli, Alice McGushin, Marina Romanello, Sonja Ayeb-Karlsson, Wenjia Cai, Jonathan Chambers, Shouro Dasgupta, Luis E. Escobar, Ilan Kelman, Tord Kjellstrom, Dominic Kniveton, Yang Liu, Zhao Liu, Rachel Lowe, Jaime Martinez-Urtaza, Celia McMichael, Maziar Moradi-Lakeh, Kris A. Murray, Mahnaz Rabbaniha, Jan C. Semenza, Liuhua Shi, Meisam Tabatabaei, Joaquin A. Trinanes, Bryan N. Vu, Chloe Brimicombe, Elizabeth J. Robinson

“…Since 2015, a novel sub-set of CCHIs, focusing on climate change impacts, exposures, and vulnerability indicators (CCIEVIs) has been developed, refined, and integrated by Working Group 1 of the “Lancet Countdown: Tracking Progress on Health and Climate Change”, an international collaboration across disciplines that include climate, geography, epidemiology, occupation health, and economics. …”
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Progress and challenges in maternal health in western China: a Countdown to 2015 national case study by Yanqiu Gao, PhD, Hong Zhou, PhD, Neha S Singh, PhD, Timothy Powell-Jackson, PhD, Stephen Nash, MSc, Min Yang, ProfPhD, Sufang Guo, ProfMD, Hai Fang, ProfPhD, Melisa Martinez Alvarez, PhD, Xiaoyun Liu, PhD, Jay Pan, PhD, Yan Wang, ProfDr PH, Carine Ronsmans, ProfMD

“…Summary: Background: China is one of the few Countdown countries to have achieved Millennium Development Goal 5 (75% reduction in maternal mortality ratio between 1990 and 2015). …”
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A minute makes a difference: Apply countdown timers to cognitive well-being surveys by Zhou Fang, Yue-Mei-Tong Chen, Yong Bian

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Countries’ progress for women’s and children’s health in the Millennium Development Goal era: the Countdown to 2015 experience by Peter Berman, Jennifer Requejo, Zulfiqar A. Bhutta, Neha S. Singh, Helen Owen, Joy E. Lawn

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Countdown to 2015: assessment of donor assistance to maternal, newborn, and child health between 2003 and 2006. by Greco, G, Powell-Jackson, T, Borghi, J, Mills, A

“…METHODS: We analysed and coded the complete aid activities database for 2005 and 2006 with methods that we developed previously to track official development assistance. For the 68 Countdown priority countries, we report two indicators for use in monitoring donor disbursements: official development assistance to child health per child and official development assistance to maternal and neonatal health per livebirth. …”

Countdown to 2015: assessment of official development assistance to maternal, newborn, and child health, 2003-08. by Pitt, C, Greco, G, Powell-Jackson, T, Mills, A

“…Many of the 68 priority countries in the Countdown to 2015 Initiative are dependent on official development assistance (ODA). …”

Estimating Safety Effects of Green-Man Countdown Devices at Signalized Pedestrian Crosswalk Based on Cellular Automata by Chen Chai, Xiupeng Shi, Yiik Diew Wong

“…Safety effects of Green-Man Countdown Device (GMCD) at signalized pedestrian crosswalks are evaluated. …”
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Effect of Traffic Lights Countdown Timer and Motorcycle Lanes as an Approach to the Red Box for Motorcycles in Bali Island by Agah Muhammad Mulyadi, Atmy Verani Rouly Sihombing, Hendra Hendrawan, Edward Marpaung, Johny Malisan, Dedy Arianto, Tetty Sulastry Mardiana, Feronika Sekar Puriningsih, Subaryata, Nurul Aldha Mauliddina Siregar, Mutharuddin, Windra Priatna Humang

Subjects: “…countdown timer…”
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Estimating Safety Effects of Green-Man Countdown Devices at Signalized Pedestrian Crosswalk Based on Cellular Automata by Chai, Chen, Shi, Xiupeng, Wong, Yiik Diew

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Countdown to 2015 country case studies: systematic tools to address the “black box” of health systems and policy assessment by Neha S. Singh, Luis Huicho, Hoviyeh Afnan-Holmes, Theopista John, Allisyn C. Moran, Tim Colbourn, Chris Grundy, Zoe Matthews, Blerta Maliqi, Matthews Mathai, Bernadette Daelmans, Jennifer Requejo, Joy E. Lawn, On behalf of the Countdown to 2015 Health Systems and Policies Technical Working Group

“…We present a set of novel tools developed by Countdown to 2015 (Countdown) to systematically analyse and describe HSP change for RMNCH indicators, enabling multi-country comparisons. …”
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Preference for hotline versus mobile application/countdown-based mobile overdose response services: a qualitative study by William Rioux, Adrian Teare, Nathan Rider, Stephanie Jones, S. Monty Ghosh

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The COUNTDOWN Study Protocol for Expansion of Mass Drug Administration Strategies against Schistosomiasis and Soil-Transmitted Helminthiasis in Ghana by Suzy J. Campbell, Mike Y. Osei-Atweneboana, Russell Stothard, Artemis Koukounari, Lucas Cunningham, Samuel K. Armoo, Nana-Kwadwo Biritwum, Margaret Gyapong, Eleanor MacPherson, Sally Theobald, Maame Esi Woode, Jahangir Khan, Louis Niessen, Emily R. Adams

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Progress and priorities for reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health in Kenya: a Countdown to 2015 country case study by Emily C Keats, PhD, Anthony Ngugi, PhD, William Macharia, MMed, Nadia Akseer, MSc, Emma Nelima Khaemba, MSc, Zaid Bhatti, MSc, Arjumand Rizvi, MSc, John Tole, MMed, Prof Zulfiqar A Bhutta, PhD

“…We estimated time trends for key RMNCH indicators, as defined by Countdown to 2015, at both the national and the subnational level, and used linear regression methods to understand the determinants of change in intervention coverage during the past decade. …”
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The Lancet Countdown on health benefits from the UK Climate Change Act: a modelling study for Great Britain by Martin L Williams, ProfPhD, Melissa C Lott, PhD, Nutthida Kitwiroon, PhD, David Dajnak, PhD, Heather Walton, DPhil, Mike Holland, PhD, Steve Pye, MS, Daniela Fecht, PhD, Mireille B Toledano, PhD, Sean D Beevers, PhD

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CREATE A TIMED MATH QUIZ IN VISUAL C# by Natalia Gîlcă, Gheorghe Gîlcă

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