The Countdown to 2015 Initiative tracks coverage levels for health interventions proven to reduce maternal, newborn and child mortality.It calls on governments and development partners to be accountable, identifies knowledge gaps and proposes new actions to reach Millennium Development Goals 4 and 5, to reduce child mortality and improve maternal health. The Countdown Initiative is a supra-institutional collaborative effort of concerned individuals and partner organisations.
The initiative aims to:
- summarise, synthesise and disseminate the best and most recent information on country-level progress in achieving high, sustained and equitable coverage of effective interventions aiming at reducing maternal, newborn and child mortality
- advocate for maternal, newborn and child health using coverage results and raising awareness of decision- and policy-makers at national and international levels
- disseminate regular information to stimulate discussion and action related to the reasons why progress has occurred or failed to occur in different regions of the world.