tailieunhanh - Interim Report of Task Force 4 on Child Health and Maternal Health

PHC was not just a blueprint for organizing a public health system. It was a fundamental approach to health itself, which included key values: services to be delivered as close to the community as possible, in a system that the country could afford, in an integrated manner, with the participation of the community. Health was understood in its full social and economic dimensions and health care was understood as an essential part of what good governance should mean. These were optimistic times: the commitment to PHC and to “Health for All by the Year. | Millenniumproject Commissioned by the UN Secretary General and supported by the UN Development Group Interim Report of Task Force 4 on Child Health and Maternal Health April 19 2004 Coordinators Mushtaque Chowdhury Allan Rosenfield Comments are welcome and should be directed to Lynn Freedman at lpf1@ Note to the reader This Interim Report is a preliminary output of the Millennium Project Task Force 4 on Child Health and Maternal Health. The recommendations presented herein are preliminary and circulated for public discussion. Comments are welcome and should be sent to the e-mail address indicated above. The Task Force will be revising the contents of this document in preparation of its Final Task Force report due December 2004. The Final Task Force report will feed into the Millennium Project s Final Synthesis Report due to the Secretary-General by June 30 2005 Disclaimer This publication does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations Development Programme UNDP its Executive Board or its Member States. Millenniumproject Commissioned tty me UN Secretary General and supported tty me UN Development Group The Millennium Project is an independent advisory body to the United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan commissioned with recommending by June 2005 the best strategies for meeting the Millennium Development Goals MDGs . This includes reviewing current innovative practices prioritizing policy reforms identifying frameworks for policy implementation and evaluating financing options. The Project s ultimate objective is to help ensure that all developing countries meet the MDGs. As a United Nations-sponsored initiative the Millennium Project proceeds under the overall guidance of the Secretary-General and United Nations Development Programme UNDP Administrator Mark Malloch Brown in his capacity as chair of the United Nations Development Group UNDG . Professor Jeffrey Sachs directs the Project which brings together the expertise of world-class .