By 2020, the African Union • political organs should have reinvigorated their political commitment to maternal mortality, in line with the AU’s Campaign on Accelerated Reduction of Maternal Mortality (CARMMA), and should have embarked on a continental campaign for the dramatic decrease in infant mortality; political organs should have targeted countries with a maternal mortality rate of more than 500 (Sierra Leone (1 100); Chad (980); Central African Republic (880); Somalia (850); Burundi (740); DRC (730); South Sudan (730); Côte d’Ivoire (720); Guinea (650); Liberia (640); Niger (630); Cameroon (590); Guinea-Bissau (560); Nigeria (560); Mali (550); and Malawi (510)), to assist them to significantly reduce the maternal mortality rate in their countries; • should have put a clear strategy in place for responding to health emergencies such as the outbreak of Ebola in West Africa; • should have facilitated a common African position on the migration of health professionals and led engagement with Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries to overcome the devastating impact this migration is having on Africa’s health systems. 44

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