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Countdown to 2015 and Countdown to 2030

Staff at the ICEH were founding members of the Countdown to 2015: Maternal, Newborn and Child Survival initiative, aimed at monitoring population coverage with effective interventions against the main causes of death among women and children in low- and middle-income countries. Countdown to 2015 was a multi-stakeholder initiative aimed at monitoring progress toward the Millennium Development Goals numbers 4 (Child Survival) and 5 (Maternal Health). The ICEH coordinated Countdown to 2015’s Equity Technical Working Group, and produced all disaggregated analyses included in their website and global reports. With the launch of the Sustainable Development Goals in 2015, the Countdown to 2030 initiative was set in motion with similar goals to those of Countdown to 2015. For this new initiative the ICEH is playing a dual role: as the lead institution for the Equity Technical Working Group, and as the Countdown Regional Hub for Latin America and the Caribbean.