China has made great progress in improving maternal and child health (MCH). It reduced maternal deaths from 1,500 per …

impressive decline going from 142 to 42 deaths per 1,000 births between 1990 and 2012. This Health, Nutrition, and Population …

Bolivia is a lower-middle income country, but one of the poorest in South America, with a per capita GNI of US$ 5 … improving maternal and child health. Child-mortality (under 5 years old) declined from 123 to 41 deaths per 1,000 live births … 1990 and 2013, a 61 percent decline. This note explores the key maternal and child health policies and programs that have …

Egypt is a lower-middle-income country with a GNI per capita (PPP) of US$ 5,654 in 2012. Since the Arab Spring, Egypt …?s economic growth has slowed to 0.6 percent in 2012. Half of Egypt?s 82.54 million people live in rural areas. Poverty is … concentrated in Upper Egypt (the southern region). As of 2009, 43.7 percent of Upper Egypt?s rural population was living in poverty …

Malawi has made great progress in improving maternal and child health (MCH). Under-five mortality declined from 244 to … maternal mortality, focusing on policies and programs implemented since the 1990?s. Malawi is a low-income country with a per … of 15.3 million is under age 14 and the majority live in rural areas. Poverty is high with 62 percent living on less than …

confined its attention to income per person, setting aside the question of how income is distributed. But this commission chose … the view that growth only enriches the few, leaving poverty undisturbed and social ills untouched. …