WUNRN
Countdown
to 2015: Maternal, Newborn & Child Survival
Author: Countdown
to 2015 and Partners
Publication date: 2010
2010 Countdown to 2015 Decade
Report
2010 Countdown to 2015 Brochure
This report collects and analyses data from the 68 countries
that account for at least 95 per cent of maternal and child deaths. It produces
country profiles that present coverage data for a range of key health services,
including:
Contraceptive use.
Antenatal care.
Skilled attendance at delivery.
Postnatal care.
Child health.
Financial investments in maternal,
newborn and child health.
Equity of access, health systems and policy.
The 2010 report reviews progress over 2000–2010.
The report provides a mix of good and bad news. One good news
message is that the under-5 child mortality rate has declined by 28 percent,
from an estimated 90 deaths per 1000 live births in 1990 to 65 deaths per 1000
in 2008, accounting for a reduction of nearly 4 million child deaths per year.
Nineteen of the 68 Countdown countries now are “on track” to
meet Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 4, set by 189 member nations of the
United Nations General Assembly in 2000, which calls for reducing child deaths
by two-thirds between the 1990 base line and 2015.