Child Mortality
Decrease Worldwide Reaches Target, But Many Countries Still Lagging
Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, November 14th, 2000
The global death toll in young children has fallen dramatically in the past half-century and has even dropped below the target set a decade ago by world leaders. But the pace of decline has been slowing in recent years, and in some countries the downward curve has leveled out or is even starting to rise, according to a new study published in the latest issue of The Bulletin of the World Health Organization. A large number of countries, the study shows, have still a long way to go to reach the target.
"The slowdown is of particular concern in the case of Africa and south-east Asia because it is occurring at relatively high levels of mortality and in countries...
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