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.

Accountability update

Countdown contributes to Global Strategy accountability framework with new publication and accountability profiles.

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‘Country Countdowns’ on tap

Using Countdown data and methods, country Countdown conferences and reports can catalyze progress, improve equity, and foster accountability.

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Countdown News

Lancet review examines equity in MNCH interventions

31 March 2012
The global health community must increase its efforts to ensure that key maternal, newborn, and child health interventions are adequately reaching all social groups…

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New Report Looks At Effective Monitoring of RMNCH Indicators

22 November 2011
A report by Countdown, Health Metrics Network, UNICEF, and WHO examines opportunities and challenges to effective monitoring of core MNCH indicators…

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