Those are all proven interventions.
The United Nations plan emphasizes practical, proven interventions.
Specific attention was focused on utilizing proven interventions already shown to reduce mortality in Tanzania.
For the most part, however, studies have shown these to be only risk factors, rather than proven interventions.
There are no proven interventions to prevent or treat chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy.
A limited range of proven interventions has been developed to target such side effects.
The challenge now is to integrate proven interventions within community settings, such as schools and health centers, she said.
On the supply side, finding the right proven interventions for a population and ensuring their availability is essential, especially for the most vulnerable.
At the same time, proven interventions, like prenatal care and screening programs, are underused or difficult to access because of the lack of competitive reimbursement.
However, proven interventions that can save the lives of women and children are not being widely practised.
Skeptics cite a 2005 series of articles in the British journal The Lancet listing proven interventions — including outreach visits during pregnancy, skilled care at delivery and emergency treatment afterward — that could eliminate up to 72percentt of neonatal deaths worldwide.
