Reproductive Maternal New born Child Adolescent Health and Nutrition

Through the United Nations General Assembly Universal Declaration of June 2016, Partner states including EAC endorsed the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that obligates member’s states to adopt a common framework of reducing Maternal Mortality Ratios (MMRs) per 100,000 live births  to less than 70 per 100,000 live births by 2030 (SDG 3.1) and eliminate all harmful practices and all discrimination and violence Against women and girls (SDG 5.2 and 5.3) 1.

Since the declaration commitments, EAC partner states have responded through policy and strategic interventions to end maternal death and track performance using an RMNCAH Score Card that reflects the global targets and regional realities.