CORE Group Global Health Practitioner Conference Fall 2017

1. CORE GROUP CONFERENCE
The Child Health Agenda in the Context of the SDGs: Mortality Reduction is Not Enough

2. Session objectives
By the end of this session, you will have…
1. learned about the successes, failures and key lessons from the implementation
of child health interventions during the MDG era,
2. understood the current and expected opportunities for developing and
implementing a more comprehensive child health program,
3. discussed the remaining challenges in child health, and identified the roles and
responsibilities of CORE Group members in the SDG era

3. SDGs [2015-2030]
All-country focus:
economic, social & environmental pillars of
development
17 goals – 1 for Health
169 Targets – 13 for Health
From the MDGs to the SDGs
MDGs [2000-2015]
Developing country focus :
poverty reduction and social
development
8 goals – 3 for Health
21 Targets – 6 for Health

4. Pneumonia
Diarrhoeal diseases
Neonatal severe infections
Other infections
Prematurity
Birth asphyxia/trauma
Congenital anomalies
Injuries
Other NCDs
Other (group1)
Causespecificproportionalmortality
Under 5 mortality rate (per 1000 live births)
0
20
40
60
80
100
Source:
Were et al. Children’s health priorities
and interventions :
BMJ 2015;351:h4300
The “Epidemiological transition”