Accelerating Equitable Achievement of the MDGs Closing Gaps in Health and Nutrition Outcomes potx

[...]... wealth levels the likelihood of a birth being attended by a skilled health professional is similar in both urban and rural areas Asia-Pacific Regional MDG Report 2011/12 OVERVIEW: Accelerating equitable achievement of the MDGs: closing the gaps in health and nutrition Nevertheless, lower health standards among the poor and disadvantaged groups are not just the result of lower incomes They arise from... complications Other simple and cost-effective 3 OVERVIEW: Accelerating equitable achievement of the MDGs: closing the gaps in health and nutrition measures could reduce child deaths by around twothirds These include implementing comprehensive breastfeeding programmes (early initiation of breastfeeding and exclusive breastfeeding in particular), controlling vector-borne diseases, and strengthening immunization... patterns In Thailand and Cambodia, the number of people living with HIV increased between 1990 and 2000 They had decreased by 2009, but were still higher than in 1990 During the same time period, the number of new infections decreased In Myanmar and India, the number of people living with HIV increased between 1990 and 2000, but remained the same in 2009 In Nepal, the number of people living with HIV increased... medicines is an important issue for the spread of medical care in developing countries facing resource constraints A number of countries, including India, Malaysia and the Philippines have pursued diverse policy options such as focussing on production of generics and compulsory licensing for importation of antiretroviral medicines to keep the prices of medicines within the reach of the poor Use of generic... indicators In these charts, the size of the bubbles is in proportion to the number of people currently affected The sloping line divides each chart into two parts: if the bubble is above the line, since 1990 the values on that indicator have increased; if it is below the line they have decreased The colours correspond to the on- or off-track progress symbols introduced earlier As Figure I-1 indicates, Asia and. .. also need to cooperate on accelerating research and development (R&D) on affordable drugs to treat the infectious diseases that afflict low-income countries in particular Asia-Pacific Regional MDG Report 2011/12 OVERVIEW: Accelerating equitable achievement of the MDGs: closing the gaps in health and nutrition 8 Strengthen international partnership and regional cooperation There is considerable potential... account for some of the large, and sometimes dramatic, disparities between provinces and districts But this is not the whole story Above and beyond these differences there are factors tied to specific regions – perhaps reflecting the policies and programmes of local administrations Closing the health gaps If governments are to reduce these disparities and raise standards of health they will have to... the MDGs: closing the gaps in health and nutrition of the population living below the $1.25-per-day poverty level is around 22 per cent, but the rate ranges from 0 per cent in Malaysia to 55 per cent in Nepal For education, for which most countries have performed fairly well, the gaps tend to be narrower But for health indicators the gaps are often much wider For infant mortality, for example, the. .. tail of the arrow is at the starting point – 1990 or the first subsequent year for which data are available The tip of the arrow shows the proportion of children underweight in the latest year for which data are available The colour of the arrow corresponds to this report’s on- or off-track colour coding The vertical line shows the 2015 MDG target – which for each country is half the rate of the starting... tuberculosis And on the environment, it has increased the proportion of land area that is covered by forests or has protected status, while also reducing the consumption of ozone-depleting substances And at the household level, it has more than halved the proportion of people without access to safe drinking water On the other hand, the region is still lagging in some major areas Indeed it is behind schedule . 2011/12 OVERVIEW: Accelerating equitable achievement of the MDGs: closing the gaps in health and nutrition of  the population living below the $1.25-per-day poverty. Accelerating equitable achievement of the MDGs: closing the gaps in health and nutrition Nevertheless,lower health standardsamong the poor and disadvantaged