摘要：In 2010, the United Nations Secretary- General launched the Global strategy for women's and children's health for 2010– 2015, 1 intended to accelerate progress towards the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) 4, 5 and 6. There has been significant progress, but more is needed, es- pecially for women's and children's health. Since 1990, child mortality fell by 49% and maternal mortality by 45%. These are substantial improvements, but still insuf- ficient to meet the targets of 67% and 75% reductions in child and maternal mortality respectively. 2 , 3 Over 200 million women have unmet needs for family planning – far short of the agreed MDG target of universal access to reproductive health care. 4 The Global Strategy has catalysed progress: 5 the health of women and children is high on the political agenda. Over 300 stakeholders – including governments, multilateral organiza- tions, nongovernmental organizations, donors, the private sector, academic institutes and health-care professional associations – recently made 400 com- mitments, raising over US$ 45 billion new financing. New global initiatives were launched for priority issues, in- cluding family planning, newborn and child survival; over 1000 innovations have been selected and supported, and a shared accountability framework was a landmark for women's and children's health.
