[EQ] Can we achieve Millennium Development Goal 4?

Can we achieve Millennium Development Goal 4?
New analysis of country trends and forecasts of under-5 mortality to 2015

Prof Christopher JL Murray MD  a ,   Thomas Laakso  a,   Kenji Shibuya b,   Prof Kenneth Hill c   and   Prof Alan D Lopez d

 

Available online at: http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140673607614780/fulltext

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“…..Global efforts have increased the accuracy and timeliness of estimates of under-5 mortality; however, these estimates fail to use all data available, do not use transparent and reproducible methods, do not distinguish predictions from measurements, and provide no indication of uncertainty around point estimates. We aimed to develop new reproducible methods and reanalyse existing data to elucidate detailed time trends…..”

 

Affiliations

a. Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
b. Department of Measurement and Health Information Systems, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
c. Center for Population and Development Studies, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
d. School of Population Health, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia

 

 

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