Target 4.A:
Reduce by two-thirds, between 1990 and 2015, the under-five mortality rate
4.1 Under-five mortality rate
4.2 Infant mortality rate
4.3 Proportion of 1 year-old children immunised against measles
Success Stories
Maternal and neonatal tetanus is a disease that kills tens of thousands of newborns each year, most of them in developing countries. The disease is often called the "silent killer" because many newborns affected by it die at home in very remote and poor communities where both the births and the deaths go unreported...
Did you Know?
That you can join existing networks to help. Many large organizations are already working on poverty issues, and supporting them is one way to build support for the Goals. Visit the Millennium Project's civil society links page to see a list of groups that have supported the Millennium Project's recommendations.
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