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    • Participants at 2015 Call to Action Summit in India

      Delhi Declaration on ending preventable maternal and child deaths adopted by 22 countries

      New Delhi, August 28, 2015:  The two-day global ‘Call to Action Summit 2015’ concluded today with Health Ministers and heads of country delegations from 22 countries adopting the DELHI DECLARATION on ‘ending preventable maternal and child deaths’. The declaration was developed as an outcome of the high-level ministerial conclave held yesterday during the summit. The […]

    • Uganda's President signing the Comittment to end RMNCAH deaths

      Religious Leaders in Uganda unite to end Maternal and Child deaths

      By Catherine Ntabadde Makumbi, Communication Specialist, UNICEF Uganda, July 2015   Religious leaders in Uganda have committed to mobilize individuals and communities across the country to take action to improve maternal and child survival. At a national event in Kampala on July 23rd, the Inter-Religious Council of Uganda (IRCU), Ministry of Health, GAVI and UNICEF convened […]

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      Pakistan renews commitment to reduce maternal and child mortality ratio

      Islamabad, May 13, 2015: In a high profile inter-provincial meeting organized today in Islamabad, Mrs. Saira Afzal Tarar, Minister for National Health Services presented the new National Vision for Coordinated Priority Actions to Address Challenges of Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child Health and Nutrition in Pakistan. The meeting was attended by provincial ministers, development partners and renowned […]

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      Afghanistan aims to save 35,000 additional lives by 2020

      In December 2013, the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan signed the A Promise Renewed Pledge, committing to reduce preventable deaths among women and children. This week, Afghanistan followed through on this commitment by launching the Kabul Declaration, setting out specific commitments on maternal and child survival and reiterating government support for the goals […]

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      Zambian Civil Society Launches Alliance to End Maternal and Child Deaths

      LUSAKA, Zambia (By Mark Maseko/UNICEF) – A coalition of Zambian civil society organizations has launched an alliance aimed at helping to reduce maternal, neonatal and child deaths. In Zambia, one out of 22 children die before reaching the age of one and one in every 13 children does not survive their fifth birthday. The maternal […]

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      Step by step towards a Haiti free from Cholera

      HAITI, Artibonite: Stephanie, 22 months, has been sick with diarrhea for the past three days. Worried, her mother Asseline Jean-Louis, 33 years old, has brought her to the health center in Petite-riviere d’Artibonite. From her home in the commune of Dessalines it is a long dusty walk, in 35˚C heat. “I had six children, once. […]

    Key stats

    • 43

      Under-5 mortality rate per 1000 (world, 2015)

    • 19

      Neonatal mortality rate per 1000 (world, 2015)

    • 53%

      Reduction in under-5 mortality rate, 1990-2015

    • 16000

      Under-5 deaths per day (2015)