Translation: The channel that you need to tune into is as follows:

English channel 1

Francais channel 2

Espanol channel 3

Lunch, coffee and tea will be served in the Chancellors Hall on the first floor.

Fire Procedure: If the alarm sounds, please leave the building by the nearest fire exit.

Mobile Phones: Please turn off all mobile phones.

Poster display: You will be able to view a selection of posters in the Court Room on the first floor.

Abstracts relating to these posters can be found in your conference folder.

Further material from the partners of the conference can be viewed in the Jessel Room on the first floor.

Buffet dinner  

Hosted by The Department for International Development

and Save the Children UK 

Tuesday 13 December 200518.30-21.00hrs

 Macmillan Hall, Senate House  

All welcome

Royal Protocol: In anticipation of the arrival of Her Royal Highness, The Princess Royal, please note that everybody must be seated by 10.55am. You will not be able to enter or leave the auditorium once the Princess has arrived.

ObjectivesObjectivesReview progress towards the achievement of high and equitable coverage with essential child survival interventions and reductions in child mortality in countries; identify barriers to such progress and how they can be addressed; and share new knowledge and information needs relevant to scaling up.

Agree on a small number of indicators that will serve as the basis for monitoring coverage outcomes in child survival; and propose a process for measuring these indicators.

Foster and co-ordinate institutional commitments to child survival efforts; and agree on mechanisms to hold governments and partners accountable for progress.

Percentage of children under age five who are Percentage of children under age five who are underweight, 1990 and 2003 underweight, 1990 and 2003 MDG 1, Indicator 4MDG 1, Indicator 4

0 10 20 30 40 50 60

Developing regions

Latin America and the Caribbean

Northern Africa

Western Asia

Eastern Asia

South-Eastern Asia

Sub-Saharan Africa

Southern Asia

1990

2003

Source: UNICEF, WHO

Millennium Development Goals Millennium Development Goals Under-five Trajectories Under-five Trajectories MDG 4 Indicator 13MDG 4 Indicator 13

Source: World Bank Group, 2002

Prospects of Meeting Prospects of Meeting Millennium Development GoalsMillennium Development GoalsChild Mortality

Source: World Bank Group, 2003

Need – 4% decline per year

Comparison of MDG indicators in 3 groups of Comparison of MDG indicators in 3 groups of countries ( low and middle income and ‘difficult countries ( low and middle income and ‘difficult

partnership’ countries)partnership’ countries) Dollar D and V Levin. 2005 OECDDollar D and V Levin. 2005 OECD