Millennium Development Goals for Health in Europe and Central Asia : Relevance and Policy Implications

This study aims to contribute to the debate about the appropriateness of health-related Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) for the countries of the Europe and Central Asia region. It is primarily addressed at policy advisors and senior analysts at the local, regional, and global level, who could influence the strategic directions of policymakers. The study is of particular relevance to international development institutions and UN organizations, who might have to reconsider the focus of their health-related development assistance to the countries of the ECA region. The study examines how appropriate the health-related MDGs are for the countries of the ECA region by analyzing the impact of the following four scenarios on life expectancy at birth: achieving MDG targets for infant, child, and maternal mortality; reducing infant, child, and maternal mortality to EU levels; reducing infant, child, and maternal mortality to the lowest subregional levels; reducing deaths from cardiovascular disease and external causes of death to EU levels. Because national registration data on infant and child mortality in countries of Central Asia and the Caucasus underestimate the true figure, the first three scenarios were recalculated for these countries in an additional calculation, using survey-based World Bank data.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	World Bank
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2004-06
Subjects:	ADULT MORTALITY, AGED, ALCOHOL, BIRTHS, CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE, CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES, CAUSES OF DEATH, CENSUS, CHILD DEATHS, CHILD MORTALITY, CHILD MORTALITY RATES, CHILDHOOD MORTALITY, COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, CONTRACEPTIVE PREVALENCE, DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH, DRUGS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, EXTREME POVERTY, HEALTH, HEALTH CARE, HEALTH INDICATORS, HEALTH STATUS, HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS, HUMAN RIGHTS, HYGIENE, IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME, IMMUNODEFICIENCY, INCIDENCE OF MALARIA, INFANT MORTALITY, INFANT MORTALITY RATES, INFECTION, INFECTIONS, INJURIES, INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS, LIFE EXPECTANCY, LIFE EXPECTANCY AT BIRTH, LIVE BIRTHS, LIVING STANDARDS, MALARIA, MALES, MATERNAL DEATHS, MATERNAL HEALTH, MATERNAL MORTALITY, MATERNAL MORTALITY RATE, MATERNAL MORTALITY RATIO, MEASLES, MINORITIES, MORBIDITY, MORTALITY, MORTALITY RATE, MOTHERS, NUTRITION, OFFICIAL STATISTICS, OLD CHILDREN, PARENTS, PARTNERSHIP, POPULATION DATA, POPULATION ESTIMATES, POPULATION HEALTH, POPULATION MOVEMENTS, POPULATION SIZE, PREGNANCY, PREGNANCY OUTCOMES, PREGNANT WOMEN, PRIMARY HEALTH CARE, REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH, REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SURVEY, RETIREMENT, SINGLE MOTHERS, SOCIAL SERVICES, SUICIDE, TOBACCO, VIOLENCE,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/06/5046145/millennium-development-goals-health-europe-central-asia-relevance-policy-implications https://hdl.handle.net/10986/14932
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