Association between adoption of national policies on CCM for both pneumonia and diarrhoea and changes in total under-five mortality level between 1990 and 2015 in 74 high-burden low-income and middle-income countries
| National policy on CCM for both diarrhoea and pneumonia | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Percentage of countries with both policies (N=44) | Percentage of countries without both policies* (N=30) | Pearson χ2 value (p value) | |
| Achievement of MDG4 target | |||
| Target not achieved | 61 (27) | 83 (25) | 4.12 (0.042) |
| Target achieved | 39 (17) | 17 (5) | |
| Relative ranking in child mortality (1990 and 2015) | |||
| Rank decreased by 10 positions | 16 (7) | 43 (13) | 6.96 (p=0.031) |
| Rank within ± 10 positions | 55 (24) | 40 (12) | |
| Rank improved by 10+ positions | 30 (13) | 17 (5) | |
| Total | 100 (44) | 100 (30) | |
*This includes countries without a CCM policy or those with a CCM policy only for diarrhoea.
CCM, community case management; MDG4, Millennium Development Goals.