EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Introduction

Ahead of the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) Review Summit in New York on 20-22 September 2010, ACFID calls for a greater focus on equity and accountability by donors and developing country governments to ensure aid and development assistance make measurable differences in improving the lives of the poor.

As the 2010 Humanitarian Action Report (HAR) was going to press in January, Haiti was struck by the strongest earthquake it had experienced in more than two centuries. Already the poorest country in the western hemisphere, Haiti was left reeling with more than 3 million people affected, 220,000 dead and some 1.2 million homeless. Just weeks after, a catastrophic 8.8-magnitude earthquake shook Chile on 27 February, affecting more than two million people, making 370,000 houses unliveable, and destroying thousands of schools. Most recently, more than

This paper aims to understand the inequalities in child survival in the developing world. It looks at the disparities in under-five mortality in 65 low- and middle-income countries covering the period of 1990 to 2008 using data from the Demographic and Household Surveys (DHS). Measuring inequality in child mortality through the concentration index, the paper analyses the relationship between the rate and inequality in under-five mortality in developing countries. To complement the analysis, the paper presents case studies of child survival outcomes in Bangladesh

The period soon after childbirth poses substantial health risks for both mother and newborn infant. Yet the postpartum and postnatal period receives less attention from health care providers than pregnancy and childbirth. Models of postpartum and postnatal care have changed little since first developed a century ago.

The World Health Organization (WHO) is in the process of revising and updating its guidance on postpartum and postnatal care delivered by skilled providers. The purposes of revision are to encourage and support broader provision of care and to foster a

UNDP in Action 2009/2010: Delivering on Commitments showcases results. All of UNDP's policy advice, technical and financial support and advocacy toward strengthening human development are aimed at one end result: real improvements in people's lives. In 2009, in many of the countries where it operates, UNDP continued to experience a high demand for development support in areas covering: poverty reduction and achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs); democratic governance; crisis prevention and recovery; and environment and sustainable development.