Constraints to Scaling Up and Costs - Working Group 1 Report

Since the adoption of the Millennium Declaration, total development assistance for health (DAH) has more than doubled and has saved the lives of millions of individuals and protected the livelihoods of their families. But most low-income countries are failing to make much progress towards the child and maternal mortality MDG targets, and the financial crisis threatens to increase infant deaths in developing countries by 200,000-400,000.

Progress towards all the health MDGs is impeded by insufficient funding, poor use of resources, and fragmented financing flows.