Iraq Maternal and Child Health Data
The Countdown country profile presents in one place the best and latest evidence to enable an assessment of progress in improving reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health (RMNCH) and achieving MDGs 4 and 5. The profile presents the most recent available information at the time it was published on selected demographic measures, coverage rates for priority interventions across the continuum of care, and indicators of equity, policy support, human resources, and financial flows. Missing values, or estimates that are more than five years old, indicate an urgent need for concerted action to increase data collection efforts.
The most current Countdown country profile, containing the latest available Iraq health data on key maternal and child health indicators, was published in June 2012 in Building a Future for Women and Children: The 2012 Report.
In order to provide in-country audiences with a clear, detailed understanding of the data in the country profile, Countdown has developed a customized (and customizable) PowerPoint presentation, in which each chart on the profile is presented on an individual slide, together with a brief explanation of the indicator presented.
Iraq Health Data—2012 Presentation
Countdown also produced full, two-page country profiles as part of its reports in 2010, 2008, and 2005.
In March 2012, Countdown published Accountability for Maternal, Newborn & Child Survival: An update on progress in poor countries. This publication included special one-page Countdown country profiles, customized to showcase core indicators selected in 2011 by the Commission on Information and Accountability for Women’s and Children’s Health.
Iraq Health Data—Accountability Profile, March 2012