In fact, according to Countdown to 2015 modeled data in 2013, Rwanda not only had already achieved an under-five-year mortality rate (U5MR) reduction of more than 70 percent, but it has the fastest rate of decline in child deaths of any country, ever. Rwandas success, while remarkable, is not a mystery. Investments were based on the evidence, tackling the biggest threats to child survival by increasing effective interventions such as vaccinations and breastfeeding rates. The government has put equity at the core of efforts to strengthen the health system from putting community health workers in villages and ensuring appropriate care facilities at the sector, district and provincial levels, as well as referral hospitals across the country. This approach to bring care and prevention near where the people are living has drastically improved the geographic accessibility for all. And this commitment to reach all Rwandans has been mirrored in the Vision 2020 strategy that will improve socioeconomic conditions. Rwanda is a success story but much remains to be done: no country should stop before ending the last preventable child death. Many countries in Africa are experiencing success, but the risk of a child dying before five is still highest in the African Region -- about six times higher than that in the Americas. Today, a womans risk of dying from childbirth in sub-Saharan Africa is more than 47 times greater than in the United States. huffingtonpost/agnas-binagwaho/lets-use-evidencebased-in_b_5529944.html
Posted on: Thu, 26 Jun 2014 21:38:48 +0000
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