Progress Report Child Survival: A Strategy for the African Region
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Regional Committee for Africa Fifty-ninth sessionKigali, Republic of Rwanda, 31 August–4 September 2009: Provisional agenda item 9.2
Every year, about 4.7 million children under five years of age in sub-Saharan Africa die ofpreventable and treatable diseases including infections, malnutrition and neonatal conditions.1 Thesedeaths account for 51% of global under-five mortality.1 Only five countries2 in the WHO AfricanRegion are on track to achieve Millennium Development Goal 4 which is to reduce child deaths bytwo-thirds from the 1990 levels by 2015.2. “Child Survival: A strategy for the African Region,”3 was developed by WHO, UNICEF andWorld Bank and adopted by the fifty-sixth WHO Regional Committee in 2006. The Strategy aims toscale up a defined set of effective child survival interventions including antenatal care, newborn care,appropriate infant feeding, immunization, management of common childhood illnesses and use ofinsecticide-treated nets (ITNs).3. The fifty-sixth WHO Regional Committee3 urged Member States to develop policies foreffective scale up of interventions; strengthen capacity to plan, implement and monitor child survivalactivities; develop communication strategies; develop effective partnerships; conduct operationsresearch; document experiences and develop frameworks for monitoring and evaluation. The roles ofWHO and partners under the Strategy include providing support to countries for scale up,documentation, operations research and facilitation of coordination and collaboration.
Every year, about 4.7 million children under five years of age in sub-Saharan Africa die ofpreventable and treatable diseases including infections, malnutrition and neonatal conditions.1 Thesedeaths account for 51% of global under-five mortality.1 Only five countries2 in the WHO AfricanRegion are on track to achieve Millennium Development Goal 4 which is to reduce child deaths bytwo-thirds from the 1990 levels by 2015.2. “Child Survival: A strategy for the African Region,”3 was developed by WHO, UNICEF andWorld Bank and adopted by the fifty-sixth WHO Regional Committee in 2006. The Strategy aims toscale up a defined set of effective child survival interventions including antenatal care, newborn care,appropriate infant feeding, immunization, management of common childhood illnesses and use ofinsecticide-treated nets (ITNs).3. The fifty-sixth WHO Regional Committee3 urged Member States to develop policies foreffective scale up of interventions; strengthen capacity to plan, implement and monitor child survivalactivities; develop communication strategies; develop effective partnerships; conduct operationsresearch; document experiences and develop frameworks for monitoring and evaluation. The roles ofWHO and partners under the Strategy include providing support to countries for scale up,documentation, operations research and facilitation of coordination and collaboration.