International and USG Health Goals: The Need for High Impact Solutions to Accelerate Mortality Reduction

Robert Clay
Deputy Assistant Administrator Bureau for Global Health US Agency for International Development

Throughout the Reproductive Life Course: Opportunities and Challenges for Empowering Girls and Women USAIDHRSA Technical Meeting Mayflower Hotel Washington DC 1 April 2-3, 2014

Three International Health Goals

A Promise Renewed USAIDs effort: Ending Preventable Child and Maternal Death (EPCMD): Reduce child mortality to 20 or fewer deaths/1000 live births by 2035; 50 maternal deaths/100,000 live births by 2035 FP2020 Increase access to family planning for 120 million women by 2020 AIDS-Free Generation Virtually no children are born with the virus
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A Promise Renewed
Is an alliance of governments and civil society and private sector partners and donors to scale-up and accelerate action in three areas: Revitalizing the global movement for child and maternal survival Sharpening and resourcing evidence-based country plans Enhancing transparency and accountability USAID and UNICEF are the Secretariate working closely with with country governments and other stakeholders

http://www.apromiserenewed.org

APR EPCMD Strategy

APR EPCMD Strategy Continued

Geography 24 countries High Burden Populations Education and Empowerment Accountability, Transparency, Measurement High Impact Solutions

Ending Preventable Child Deaths by 2035: The Need to Accelerate U-5 Mortality Reduction through High Impact Solutions

Average Annual Rate of Reduction (%) from 1990-2011 for Under-Five Mortality in the 24 MCH priority countries

Ending Preventable Maternal Deaths by 2035: The Need to Accelerate Maternal Mortality Reduction through High Impact Solutions

Accelerating Mortality Reduction through Evidence-Based, High Impact Solutions

The findings from your research and programmatic interventions that you will present at this meeting - on proven and promising high impact solutions to reach:
Adolescents Pre-conception girls and women Postpartum girls and women Boys and Men Women Having High-Risk Pregnancies High Parity Women

And the emphasis on the continuum of care throughout the Reproductive Life Cycle will help accelerate mortality reductions.
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Thank You!

We thank you for your contributions to this meeting and we look forward to learning from you.

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