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Why create a child survival partnership?

The Child Survival Partnership (CSP) provides a forum for coordinated action to address the major conditions that affect children's health: it enables governments and partners to agree on consistent approaches and stimulates concerted efforts towards their implementation.

 


Child Survival in Ethiopia and Cambodia: Stories of partnership activity

Child Survival in Ethiopia and Cambodia: Stories of partnership activity

Ethiopia ranks high among the countries with the highest burden of child mortality. Following a high-level visit of members of the Global Child Survival Partnership to Ethiopia in December 2003, the Government set up a national child survival working committee to organize a national conference on child survival. In preparation, global partners provided technical support for planning of the conference (WHO) and for conducting a situation analysis (USAID/WHO). The three-day National Partnership Conference on Scaling Up Child Survival Interventions in Ethiopia took place from 22 to 24 April 2004 and enjoyed high level participation from senior decision-makers in the Ministry of Health, related government sectors, national development partners, and from UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, USAID and CIDA at global levels. Participants at the conference agreed to:
  • Develop, promote and abide by one plan, one coordinating mechanism and one monitoring strategy for improving child survival in Ethiopia
  • Double resources for health in Ethiopia and overcome constraints to full utilization of existing and future budgets for child survival activities, including those provided through the country's health sector development program and the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper
  • Support the new Health Extension Package promoted by Government to increase coverage of basic health services, as a key health delivery approach for achieving the Millennium Development Goal for child survival in Ethiopia.

In Cambodia a high level consultation on child survival was held in June 2004 bringing together for the first time all national partners in health around the common goal of child mortality reduction. As a result, Government has established a Child Survival Steering Committee under direct supervision of the Director-General for Health, as well as a Child Survival Secretariat for day-to-day operations and coordination among partners. In collaboration with the Commission on Macroeconomics in Health, a child survival investment plan is under development while a costing exercise supported by WHO will provide information on the most cost-effective interventions to reduce child mortality in Cambodia. Various partners have made new commitments including the Cambodia Ministry of Health, the Asian Development Bank, the World Bank, UNICEF, WHO, USAID, DfID, the European Commission, JICA, and an alliance of national NGOs.

The experiences in Ethiopia and Cambodia show that the Child Survival Partnership is able to revitalize interest and galvanize action. The Partnership achieves these outcomes by building on existing programs and structures, integrating child survival activities in national development plans, and by targeting the poorest segments of the population.

Rolling Conference on Child Survival, 13-14 December 2005, University of London

 

Join the movement for child survival

The Child Survival Partnership is hosted by UNICEF.   Ms. Shahida Azfar is the interim Director and Dr. Flavia Bustreo is the interim Deputy Director.

We encourage all interested organizations to join us in reducing child mortality. For more information, please contact:

Child Survival Partnership Secretariat
3 UN Plaza, Room 23-14
New York, New York
(212) 824-6576

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