What is the goal for the World Health Organization's Partnership for Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health?

• A. Decrease the mortality rate for children under the age of five
• B. Eradicate polio
• C. Achieve universal flu vaccination
• D. Eliminate malaria

Answer: (A)

PMNCH exists to end preventable deaths among mothers, newborns, and children. A central, measurable way they pursue this mission is by reducing mortality in children under five, which directly reflects improving early life survival and health outcomes across generations. That focus is what makes decreasing under-five mortality the best fit for what the partnership aims to achieve.

The other options represent important global health efforts, but they are not the partnership’s main objective. Polio eradication, universal flu vaccination, and malaria elimination are driven by separate programs or disease-specific campaigns, whereas PMNCH concentrates on maternal, newborn, and child health with under-five mortality as a primary target.