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Building a Future for Women and Children: The 2012
Report
Countdown
launched its 2012 Report on June 14, 2012, at the Child Survival Call to
Action, a two-day high-level meeting in
The 2012
Report, Building a Future for Women and Children, highlights
country progress—and obstacles to progress—towards achieving Millennium
Development Goals 4 and 5 to reduce child mortality and improve maternal
health. It focuses, like previous
Countdown reports, on evidence-based solutions—health interventions proven
to save lives—and on the health systems, policies, financing and broader
contextual factors that affect the equitable delivery of these interventions to
women and children. Country
profiles for 75 Countdown countries were published together with the
report.
News in
Countdown’s 2012 Report includes:
Direct Link to Full Report: http://www.countdown2015mnch.org/documents/2012Report/2012-Complete.pdf
Countdown to 2015 tracks coverage levels for health interventions proven to
reduce maternal, newborn and child mortality. It calls on governments and
development partners to be accountable, identifies knowledge gaps, and proposes
new actions to reach Millennium Development Goals 4 and 5, to reduce child
mortality and improve maternal health.