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.
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