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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Main Authors:	Sarker, Intissar, Saadat, Seemeen, Cortez, Rafael, Hamed Abdel-Hamid, Alaa Mahmoud
Format:	Brief
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2015
Subjects:	maternal health child health immunization family planning health system health care reform health monitoring
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

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spelling	okr-10986-225722021-04-23T14:04:09Z Achieving MDGs 4 and 5 : Egypt's Progress on Maternal and Child Health Sarker, Intissar Saadat, Seemeen Cortez, Rafael Hamed Abdel-Hamid, Alaa Mahmoud maternal health child health immunization family planning health system health care reform health monitoring 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. 2015-08-31T16:45:32Z 2015-08-31T16:45:32Z 2014-08 Brief http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/08/20370636/achieving-mdgs-4-5-egypts-progress-maternal-child-health http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22572 English en_US Health, nutrition and population global practice knowledge brief; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Brief Middle East and North Africa Egypt, Arab Republic of
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spellingShingle	maternal health child health immunization family planning health system health care reform health monitoring Sarker, Intissar Saadat, Seemeen Cortez, Rafael Hamed Abdel-Hamid, Alaa Mahmoud Achieving MDGs 4 and 5 : Egypt's Progress on Maternal and Child Health
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description	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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author	Sarker, Intissar Saadat, Seemeen Cortez, Rafael Hamed Abdel-Hamid, Alaa Mahmoud
author_facet	Sarker, Intissar Saadat, Seemeen Cortez, Rafael Hamed Abdel-Hamid, Alaa Mahmoud
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title	Achieving MDGs 4 and 5 : Egypt's Progress on Maternal and Child Health
title_short	Achieving MDGs 4 and 5 : Egypt's Progress on Maternal and Child Health
title_full	Achieving MDGs 4 and 5 : Egypt's Progress on Maternal and Child Health
title_fullStr	Achieving MDGs 4 and 5 : Egypt's Progress on Maternal and Child Health
title_full_unstemmed	Achieving MDGs 4 and 5 : Egypt's Progress on Maternal and Child Health
title_sort	achieving mdgs 4 and 5 : egypt's progress on maternal and child health
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2015
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Achieving MDGs 4 and 5 : Egypt's Progress on Maternal and Child Health

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