Malawi and Millennium Development Goal 4: a Countdown to 2015 country case study

• Main Authors: Mercy Kanyuka, MSc (Author), Jameson Ndawala, MHS (Author), Tiope Mleme, MSc (Author), Lusungu Chisesa, BSc (Author), Medson Makwemba, BSc (Author), Agbessi Amouzou, PhD (Author), Josephine Borghi, PhD (Author), Judith Daire, PhD (Author), Rufus Ferrabee, MBBS (Author), Elizabeth Hazel, MHS (Author), Rebecca Heidkamp, PhD (Author), Prof. Kenneth Hill, PhD (Author), Melisa Martínez Álvarez, PhD (Author), Leslie Mgalula, MSc (Author), Spy Munthali, PhD (Author), Bejoy Nambiar, MPH (Author), Humphreys Nsona, MSc (Author), Lois Park, MSPH (Author), Neff Walker, PhD (Author), Bernadette Daelmans, MD (Author), Jennifer Bryce, EdD (Author), Dr. Tim Colbourn, PhD (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2016-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Several years in advance of the 2015 endpoint for the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), Malawi was already thought to be one of the few countries in sub-Saharan Africa likely to meet the MDG 4 target of reducing under-5 mortality by two-thirds between 1990 and 2015. Countdown to 2015...