This 18-page document outlines South African strategies to reduce maternal and child deaths in the country as part of the African Union's Campaign for the Accelerated Reduction of Maternal Mortality in Africa (CARMMA). The African Union launched CARMMA in May 2009. South Africa released its CARMMA strategic plan in 2013. Targets included in the plan drew heavily on already agreed upon targets such as the Millennium Development Goals. Thus, South Africa's strategic plan outlined a number of goals for the year 2015.