Coverage of cost-effective maternal health services remains poor due to insufficient supply
and inadequate demand for these services among the poorest groups. Households pay too …

Background Timely reliable data on aid flows to maternal, newborn, and child health are
essential for assessing the adequacy of current levels of funding, and to promote …

Background Achievement of high coverage of effective interventions and Millennium
Development Goals (MDGs) 4 and 5A requires adequate financing. Many of the 68 priority …

Background To track donor assistance to maternal, newborn, and child health-related
activities is necessary to assess progress towards Millennium Development Goals 4 and 5 …

BACKGROUND: The Countdown to 2015 for Maternal, Newborn, and Child Survival
initiative monitors coverage of priority interventions to achieve the Millennium Development …

South Africa is one of only 12 countries in which mortality rates for children have increased
since the baseline for the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in 1990. Continuing …

Background Tracking of financial resources to maternal, newborn, and child health provides
crucial information to assess accountability of donors. We analysed official development …

Background The Countdown to 2015 for Maternal, Newborn, and Child Survival initiative
monitors coverage of priority interventions to achieve the Millennium Development Goals …

Comment www. thelancet. com Vol 380 July 14, 2012 81 when value-for-money and cost-
effectiveness are the watchwords for development agencies, it is critical that the global …

Reduction of the maternal mortality ratio by threequarters by 2015 is the target for one of the
eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) set by 189 countries in 2000. That this goal …