European Parliament delegation is visiting Eritrea, starting from October 24, 2008. The aim of the visit was to examine the state of peace, development and humanitarian conditions in Horn of Africa. During their stay, the parliamentarians held meetings with UNCT Eritrea on October 27, 2008.

Eritrea is one of the very few countries in sub-Saharan Africa on track to achieving Millennium Development Goal (MDG) Four of reducing child mortality. According to the 2002 Eritrea Demographic and Health Survey (EDHS) under-five mortality rate (U5MR) has declined steadily from 136 per 1,000 live births in 1995 to 93 in 2002, and was estimated at 74 in 2006. This and other factors have been attributed to this achievement, providing some valuable lessons to be learned.

Eritrea has succeeded in significantly reducing malaria in the country. Empirical data reveals that there has been a decline in morbidity and mortality due to malaria.  There has been more than 55% decline in health facility based malaria mortality from 2003 to 2007. The country has now moved towards malaria pre elimination phase.