Measuring child survival for the Millennium Development Goals in Africa: what have we learned and what more is needed to evaluate the Sustainable Development Goals?

• Main Authors: Marie A. Brault (Author), Kasonde Mwinga (Author), Aaron M. Kipp (Author), Stephen B. Kennedy (Author), Margaret Maimbolwa (Author), Precious Moyo (Author), Kenneth Ngure (Author), Connie A. Haley (Author), Sten H. Vermund (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group, 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Reducing child mortality is a key global health challenge. We examined reasons for greater or lesser success in meeting under-five mortality rate reductions, i.e. Millennium Development Goal #4, between 1990 and 2015 in Sub-Saharan Africa where child mortality remains high. We first examined factors...