Countdown to 2015:

Goal 4

Reduce Child Mortality


Target 5:

Reduce by two-thirds, between 1990 and 2015, the under-five mortality rate

Progress Indicators:

13. Under-five mortality rate (UNICEF-WHO)
14. Infant mortality rate (UNICEF-WHO)
15. Proportion of 1 year-old children immunized against measles (UNICEF-WHO)

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...more >>>