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The Declaration included a
plan of action with goals, strategies and actions to be undertaken
relevant to children to achieve targets for the decade 2000-2010 as an
intermediate step to attaining the MDGs set for the 2015. In both the
Health Assembly resolution and the UNGASS Declaration, providing
access to high-quality health care services and conducting
interventions to help families and communities care for their children
were seen as key approaches to pursue.
Relevant to the work of WHO
in the Region, especially the implementation of the strategy on
Integrated Management of Child Health (IMCI), are the following UNGASS
quantified targets:
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Reduction of infant and
under-five mortality rate by at least one-third by 2010, as a step
towards achieving the MDG of reducing it by two-thirds by 2015;
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Reduction of deaths due to
acute respiratory infection in children under 5 years of age by
one-third and deaths due to diarrhoea by one-half;
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Reduction of child
malnutrition among children under 5 years of age (defined as
underweight below minus 2 SD from median weight for age of reference
population) by at least one-third—with special attention to
children under 2 years of age—and reduction in the rate of low
birth weight by at least one-third by 2010; achieving sustainable
elimination of vitamin A deficiency by 2010; reduction of the
prevalence of anaemia, including iron deficiency, by one-third by
2010;
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Ensuring full immunization
of children under 1 year of age at 90% nationally, with at least 80%
coverage in every district or equivalent administrative unit;
reduction of deaths due to measles by half by 2005; elimination of
maternal and neonatal tetanus by 2005;
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Reduction of the burden of
disease associated with malaria by one-half and ensuring that 60% of
all people at risk of malaria, especially children and women, sleep
under insecticide-treated bednets.
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