How Ethiopia achieved Millennium Development Goal 4 through multisectoral interventions: a Countdown to 2015 case study

• Main Authors: Dr Jenny Ruducha, DrPH (Author), Carlyn Mann, MSc (Author), Neha S Singh, PhD (Author), Tsegaye D Gemebo, PhD (Author), Negussie S Tessema, MSc (Author), Angela Baschieri, PhD (Author), Ingrid Friberg, PhD (Author), Taddese A Zerfu, PhD (Author), Mohammed Yassin, MSc (Author), Giovanny A Franca, PhD (Author), Peter Berman, PhD (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2017-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: 3 years before the 2015 deadline, Ethiopia achieved Millennium Development Goal 4. The under-5 mortality decreased 69%, from 205 deaths per 1000 livebirths in 1990 to 64 deaths per 1000 livebirths in 2013. To understand the underlying factors that contributed to the success in achieving...