How quality improvement in health care can help to achieve the Millennium Development Goals

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A recent article in The Lancet analysed the barriers to reaching the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) conc c cerning maternal health, child health, tuberculosis, malaria and human immuc c nodeficiency virus/acquired immunoc c deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS). 1 Inappropriate provider behaviour, insufficient case management, limited management capacity, and referral and communication failures were identified at the service delivery level; at the policy and strategic management level, insufc c ficient coordination between actors, weak links between programmes, and inappropriate use of information were mentioned.