Countdown Countries Still Lagging In Maternal And Child Health Interventions

An article published in The Lancet reports thatthere are still wide coverage gaps for important maternal and childhealth interventions among Countdown countries, even though they havemade some progress since 1990. J Ties Boerma (WHO, Geneva, Switzerland)and colleagues from the Countdown 2008 Equity Analysis Group also foundthat in order to reach Millennium Development Goals (MDG) 4 and 5, therate of progress would have to be more than doubled.

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Filed under: Pediatrics on April 11th, 2008