• Jeremy Shiffman and Sharmina Sultana.
• Department of Public Administration and Policy, School of Public Affairs, American University, Washington, DC 20016-8070, USA. jshiffma@american.edu
• Am J Public Health. 2013 Apr 1; 103 (4): 623-31.

AbstractThe low priority that most low-income countries give to neonatal mortality, which now constitutes more than 40% of deaths to children younger than 5 years, is a stumbling block to the world achieving the child survival Millennium Development Goal. Bangladesh is an exception to this inattention. Between 2000 and 2011, newborn survival emerged from obscurity to relative prominence on the government's health policy agenda. Drawing on a public policy framework, we analyzed how this attention emerged. Critical factors included national advocacy, government commitment to the Millennium Development Goals, and donor resources. The emergence of policy attention involved interactions between global and national factors rather than either alone. The case offers guidance on generating priority for neglected health problems in low-income countries.

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