EC Paediatrics

Introduction

One of the eight millennium development goals (MDG) that has some progress is MDG 5: Improve maternal health. The two targets for assessing MDG 5 are: Reducing the maternal mortality ratio (MMR) by 75% between 1990-2015 and achieving universal access to reproductive health by the end of the year 2015.

The accountability for women and children’s health was launched by the (UN) secretary-general, global strategy for women and children’s health. Commitment to be immobilized by governments, civil society organizations, and development partners to accelerate progress towards MDG 4 and 5. The establishment of women’s and children’s health high level commotion on information to “determine the most effective international institutional arrangement for global reporting, oversight, and accountability on women’s and children’s health”. Political support to reduce maternal mortality specially in developing countries including Sudan with significant HIV epidemics, has come in the from of the global UN plan towards elimination of new HIV infections among children, and keeping mother alive, which aims to reduce half maternal mortality among HIV-positive mothers by 2015.