Eligible Countries
Eligible organisations from any of the countries indicated below can apply for the Awards. Countries are selected on the basis of their estimated under-five mortality rate (U5MR) which is a critical indicator of the well-being of children. STARS targets countries with the highest under-five mortality rates according to the UNICEF report and rankings of 2009.
Africa & Middle-East | Asia & Pacific
Africa & Middle-East
- Algeria
- Angola
- Benin
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cameroon
- Cape Verde
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Comoros
- Cote D’Ivoire
- Democratic Republic of Congo
- Republic of Congo
- Djibouti
- Egypt
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Ethiopia
- Gabon
- The Gambia
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Iran
- Iraq
- Jordan
- Kenya
- Lebanon
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Occupied Palestinian Territory
- Rwanda
- Sao Tome & Principe
- Saudi Arabia
- Senegal
- Sierra Leone
- Somalia
- South Africa
- Sudan
- Swaziland
- Tanzania
- Togo
- Uganda
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Asia & Pacific
- Afghanistan
- Bangladesh
- Bhutan
- Cambodia
- Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
- India
- Indonesia
- Kiribati
- Lao People’s Democratic Republic
- Maldives
- Marshall Islands
- Micronesia
- Mongolia
- Myanmar
- Nauru
- Nepal
- Pakistan
- Papua New Guinea
- Philippines
- Samoa
- Solomon Islands
- Timor-Leste
- Tuvalu
- Vanuatu
