From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Ruggiero, Mrs. Ana Lucia (WDC)</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ruglucia@paho.org">ruglucia@paho.org</a>></span><br><div class="gmail_quote">crossposted from: <a href="mailto:EQUIDAD@listserv.paho.org">EQUIDAD@listserv.paho.org</a><br>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><font color="maroon" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:maroon;font-weight:bold">Countdown to 2015 <u></u><u></u></span></font></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:.5in"><b><font color="maroon" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:maroon;font-weight:bold">Maternal,

New Born and Child Survival </span></font></b><b><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold"><u></u><u></u></span></font></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold">Building a Future

for Women and Children<u></u><u></u></span></font></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:.5in"><b><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold">The 2012 Report</span></font></b><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"><u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">Lead writers<b><span style="font-weight:bold">: </span></b>Jennifer Requejo (PMNCH/Johns Hopkins

University), Jennifer Bryce (Johns Hopkins University),

Cesar Victora (<u></u><u></u>University<u></u>

 of <u></u>Pelotas<u></u><u></u>)<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">Subeditors/writers<b><span style="font-weight:bold">: </span></b>Aluisio Barros (<u></u>University<u></u>

of <u></u>Pelotas<u></u>), Peter Berman (Harvard

School of Public Health), Zulfiqar Bhutta (<u></u><u></u>Aga Khan<u></u> <u></u>University<u></u><u></u>),<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">Ties Boerma (WHO),

Bernadette Daelmans (WHO), Adam Deixel (Family Care International), Joy Lawn

(Saving Newborn Lives), Elizabeth Mason (WHO),<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">Holly Newby

(UNICEF), Ann Starrs (Family Care International)<br>

Support from:<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">The Bill and Melinda Gates

Foundation, the World Bank and the Governments of Australia,

<u></u>Canada<u></u>, <u></u>Norway<u></u>, <u></u>Sweden<u></u>

and the <u></u><u></u>United Kingdom<u></u><u></u></span></font><font face="UniversLTStd"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:UniversLTStd"><br>

</span></font><b><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold">World Health Organization and UNICEF 2012<font color="black"><span style><u></u><u></u></span></font></span></font></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><font color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Available

online PDF [56p.] at: <a href="http://bit.ly/KEniCx" target="_blank"><font color="black"><span style>http://bit.ly/KEniCx</span></font></a> <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><font color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Country

Profiles : <a href="http://bit.ly/KEE5pb" target="_blank"><font color="black"><span style>http://bit.ly/KEE5pb</span></font></a> <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><font color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Website:

<a href="http://bit.ly/MtAOev" target="_blank"><font color="black"><span style>http://bit.ly/MtAOev</span></font></a>

<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><font color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">This

report highlights country progress—and obstacles to

progress—towards achieving Millennium Development Goals 4 and 5 to reduce

child mortality and improve maternal health. <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><i><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:italic">Countdown to 2015 </span></font></i><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">focuses on:<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-autospace:none"><u></u><font face="Symbol"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<font face="Times New Roman" size="1"><span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">        

</span></font></span></span></font><u></u><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">on evidence based

solutions—health interventions proven to save lives—and on the

health systems, policies, financing and broader contextual factors that affect

the  equitable delivery of these interventions to women and children<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-autospace:none"><u></u><font face="Symbol"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<font face="Times New Roman" size="1"><span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">        

</span></font></span></span></font><u></u><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">on data, because building a better

future and protecting the basic human right to life require understanding where

things stand right now and how they got to where they are today<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-autospace:none"><u></u><font face="Symbol"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<font face="Times New Roman" size="1"><span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">        

</span></font></span></span></font><u></u><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">on what happens in

countries—where investments are made or not made, policies are implemented

or not implemented, health services are received or not received and women and

children live or die<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><i><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:italic">- Countdown </span></font></i><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">headlines for 2012: saving the lives

of the world’s women, newborns and children <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><i><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:italic">- Countdown to 2015</span></font></i><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">: tracking progress, fostering

accountability <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">- The <i><span style="font-style:italic">Countdown </span></i>country profile: a tool for

action <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">- Progress towards

Millennium Development Goals 4 and 5 <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">- Coverage along

the continuum of care <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">- Determinants of

coverage <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">- Milestones of

progress on the path to success <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">- Accountability

now for Millennium Development Goals 4 and 5 <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">- Country profiles<br>

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Annex A Country profile indicators and data sources <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Annex B Definitions

of <i><span style="font-style:italic">Countdown </span></i>indicators <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Annex C Definitions

of policy and health systems indicators <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Annex D Essential

interventions for reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Annex E Countdown

priority countries considered to be malaria endemic <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Annex F Details on

estimates from the Interagency Group for Child Mortality Estimation used in the

<i><span style="font-style:italic">Countdown </span></i>report <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

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References<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

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