Achieving the millennium development goals in sub-Saharan Africa
Date
2007-09
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Health and Medical Publishing Group (HMPG)
Abstract
To the Editor: The UN has released a mid-term report on
progress towards achieving the Millennium Development
Goals (MDG), eight pro-poor goals contained in the
Millennium Declaration of 2000, to be achieved by 2015. It paints a gloomy picture of health in sub-Saharan Africa.
Child mortality rates declined globally, but the improvement
was uneven, with sub-Saharan Africa recording the highest
rate and the slowest pace of progress. In 1990 and 2005 in
sub-Saharan Africa, 185 and 166 children respectively died,
mainly from preventable causes, before their 5th birthday for every 1 000 live births, a mere 10% reduction in 16 years.
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Letter
The original publication is available at http://www.samj.org.za
The original publication is available at http://www.samj.org.za
Keywords
Health services -- Africa, Southern, Children -- Mortality -- Africa, Southern, Health care policy -- Africa, Southern, Infant mortality -- Africa, Southern, Maternal welfare -- Africa, Southern
Citation
Wiysonge, C. S., Young, T. & Volmink, J. 2007. Achieving the millennium development goals in sub-Saharan Africa. South African Medical Journal, 97(9), 802-804.