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IJE Advance Access originally published online on August 19, 2004
International Journal of Epidemiology 2004 33(6):1302-1303; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh289
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IJE vol.33 no.6 © International Epidemiological Association 2004; all rights reserved.

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Commentary: Monitoring trends in under-5 mortality: better believe it's true

Saul S Morris

United Kingdom Department For International Development, London SW1E 5HE, UK.

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Together with the proportion of people whose income is less than one US dollar a day, the under-5 mortality rate is one of the most closely watched indicators of human development. In September 2000, in the United Nations Millennium Declaration,1 189 nations committed themselves to reducing this indicator of human suffering by two-thirds over the period 1990–2015. Next year, 2005, will see a major stock-take of progress made towards this and the other Millennium Development Goals. The article in the present volume by Korenromp et al.2 is therefore a timely check on the adequacy of . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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