Achieving MDGs 4 and 5 : Egypt's Progress on Maternal and Child Health
Egypt is a lower-middle-income country with a GNI per capita (PPP) of US$ 5,654 in 2012. Since the Arab Spring, Egypt s economic growth has slowed to 0.6 percent in 2012. Half of Egypt s 82.54 million people live in rural areas. Poverty is concentr...
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| Format: | Brief |
| Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2015
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/08/20370636/achieving-mdgs-4-5-egypts-progress-maternal-child-health http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22572 |
| Summary: | Egypt is a lower-middle-income country
with a GNI per capita (PPP) of US$ 5,654 in 2012. Since the
Arab Spring, Egypt s economic growth has slowed to 0.6
percent in 2012. Half of Egypt s 82.54 million people live
in rural areas. Poverty is concentrated in Upper Egypt (the
southern region). As of 2009, 43.7 percent of Upper Egypt s
rural population was living in poverty. Egypt has made
considerable progress in improving maternal and child
health. According to interagency estimates, child mortality
declined from 86 to 21 deaths per 1,000 live births between
1990 and 2012 a 75.4 percent drop, that exceeds Egypt s
target for MDG 4. Egypt also successfully reduced neonatal
mortality by 65 percent during the same period. Egypt s
maternal mortality ratio (MMR) declined from 120 to 45
deaths per 100,000 live births between 1990 and 2013 a 62
percent decrease, also exceeding its MDG 5 target. However,
recent political events in the country bring into question
the long-term sustainability of gains if conditions do not
improve. This note explores the actions Egypt has taken to
reduce child and maternal mortality, with a focus on
policies and programs. |
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