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Millennium Development Goals for Health in Europe and Central Asia : Relevance and Policy Implications

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This study aims to contribute to the debate about the appropriateness of health-related Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) for the countries of the Europe and Central Asia region. It is primarily addressed at policy advisors and senior analysts at the local, regional, and global level, who could influence the strategic directions of policymakers. The study is of particular relevance to international development institutions and UN organizations, who might have to reconsider the focus of their health-related development assistance to the countries of the ECA region. The study examines how appropriate the health-related MDGs are for the countries of the ECA region by analyzing the impact of the following four scenarios on life expectancy at birth: achieving MDG targets for infant, child, and maternal mortality; reducing infant, child, and maternal mortality to EU levels; reducing infant, child, and maternal mortality to the lowest subregional levels; reducing deaths from cardiovascular disease and external causes of death to EU levels. Because national registration data on infant and child mortality in countries of Central Asia and the Caucasus underestimate the true figure, the first three scenarios were recalculated for these countries in an additional calculation, using survey-based World Bank data.

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  • World Bank, 2004. "Millennium Development Goals for Health in Europe and Central Asia : Relevance and Policy Implications," World Bank Publications - Books, The World Bank Group, number 14932.
  • Handle: RePEc:wbk:wbpubs:14932
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    1. UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre. MONEE project, 2001. "A Decade of Transition," Papers remore01/15, Regional Monitoring Report.
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    1. World Bank, 2005. "Operationalizing the Health and Education : Millennium Development Goals in Central Asia, Volume 2, Kyrgyz Republic Health and Education Case Studies," World Bank Publications - Reports 8327, The World Bank Group.
    2. World Bank, 2005. "Operationalizing the Health and Education : Millennium Development Goals in Central Asia, Volume 1, Kyrgyz Republic Health and Education Case Studies," World Bank Publications - Reports 8326, The World Bank Group.

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