Information
- Submitted by: Rwanda
- Topic: Health and population
- Keywords: Public health services; Youth and Women; Health and population
- Location: Rwanda
- Date of completion: 2015
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Deliverables & Resources
Action network
- This voluntary initiative came from Every Woman Every Child
Rwanda commits to increasing heath sector spending and reducing maternal mortality by 2015
Description/achievement of initiative
Rwanda commits to increasing heath sector spending from 10.9% to 15% by 2012; reducing maternal mortality from 750 per 100,000 live births to 268 per 100,000 live births by 2015 and to halve neonatal mortality among women who deliver in a health facility by training five times more midwives (increasing the ratio from 1/100,000 to 1/20,000). Rwanda will reduce the proportion of children with chronic malnutrition (stunting) from 45% to 24.5% through promoting good nutrition practices, and will increase the proportion of health facilities with electricity and water to 100%.
Implementation methodologies
By training more midwives and promoting good nutrition practices. For additional information, please refer to the deliverables.
Deliverables
| Deliverable | Date |
| Rwanda commits to increasing heath sector spending from 10.9% to 15% by 2012. | 2012 |
| Rwanda commits to reducing maternal mortality from 750 per 100,000 live births to 268 per 100,000 live births by 2015 and to halve neonatal mortality among women who deliver in a health facility by training five times more midwives (increasing the ratio from 1/100,000 to 1/20,000). | 2015 |