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

Intra-partum, post-natal and neonatal cares have the potential to save 20-40% of newborn lives. Care at birth and in the first days of life not only saves the lives of mothers and newborns, but also reduces serious complications that may have long-term effect. The SNL (Saving Newborn Lives) initiative demonstrates remarkable changes in all areas of maternal and newborn care. Training CHWs in Essential Newborn Care (ENC) has increased the proportion of women receiving early ante- and post-natal care. Trained TBAs are important providers of delivery and PNC services in the community. However, they need regular monitoring and supervision. Experience from pilot studies in Bangladesh suggest | weskkp Economic and Social CoiiinilaMion for Aaia and the Pacific ADB Empowered lives. Resilient nations Accelerating Equitable Achievement of the MDGs Closing Gaps in Health and Nutrition Outcomes Asia-Pacific Regional MDG Report 2011 12 in collaboration with HI unicefO Organization The Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific ESCAP promotes regional cooperation for inclusive and sustainable economic and social development in Asia and the Pacific a dynamic region characterized by growing wealth diversity and change but also challenged with persistent poverty environmental degradation inequality and insecurity. ESCAP supports member States with sound strategic analysis policy options and capacity development to address key development challenges and to implement innovative solutions for region-wide economic prosperity social progress environmental sustainability and resilience to external shocks. ESCAP through its conference structure assists member States in forging a stronger coordinated regional voice on global issues by building capacities to dialogue negotiate and shape development agenda in an age of globalization decentralization and problems that transcend borders. A key modality for this strategy is the promotion of intraregional connectivity and regional integration. ADB s vision is an Asia and Pacific region free of poverty. Its mission is to help its developing member countries reduce poverty and improve the quality of life of their people. Despite the region s many successes it remains home to two-thirds of the world s poor billion people who live on less than 2 a day with 933 million struggling on less than a day. ADB is committed to reducing poverty through inclusive economic growth environmentally sustainable growth and regional integration. Based in Manila ADB is owned by 67 members including 48 from the region. Its main instruments for helping its developing member countries are policy dialogue loans equity investments .