WHO/UNICEF Regional Child Survival Strategy
Endorsed in 2005, the Regional Child Survival Strategy provides a unified direction towards the attainment of Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 4 and the reduction of inequities in child survival. It advocates necessary actions in the health systems context to implement at universal scale an essential package of lifesaving interventions, which runs across the significant life stages from pregnancy to childhood and addresses the main causes of childhood deaths.
The Regional Strategy was launched in six priority countries in 2006 and has since undergone reviews in 2007 and 2009. Child survival has improved in most countries of the Region and several countries seem to be on track for MDG 4. High levels of effort need to be maintained however, and inequities addressed, to realise universal access to essential child survival interventions. Five ways forward are proposed:
- One coordination mechanism
- One national plan
- One monitoring and evaluation process
- Mobilize for advocacy and communication
- Mobilize financial resources to accelerate and sustain progress
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WHO/UNICEF Regional Child Survival Strategy
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Major causes of death in neonates and children under-5
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Under-five child mortality in seven Western Pacific Region countries, 1990-2007
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MDG targets, estimated under-five mortality rates and current trends in seven Western Pacific Regional countries, November 2010
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