This is the second of five papers in the child survival series. The first focused on continuing
high rates of child mortality (over 10 million each year) from preventable causes: diarrhoea …

This is the third paper in the series on child survival. The second paper in the series,
published last week, concluded that in the 42 countries with 90% of child deaths worldwide …

In the summer of 2003, The Lancet published five articles on child survival, written by the
Bellagio Child Survival Group. 1–7 These publications have had tangible effects (panel 1). A …

Summary Background The fourth Millennium Development Goal (MDG) calls for a two-thirds'
reduction between 1990 and 2015 in deaths of children younger than five years; achieving …

More than 10 million children die each year, most from preventable causes and almost all in
poor countries. Six countries account for 50% of worldwide deaths in children younger than …

Summary The Countdown to 2015 for Maternal, Newborn, and Child Survival monitors
coverage of priority interventions to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) for …

Progress in newborn survival has been slow, and even more so for reductions in stillbirths.
To meet Every Newborn targets of ten or fewer neonatal deaths and ten or fewer stillbirths …

The child survival revolution of the 1980s contributed to steady decreases in child mortality
in some populations, but much remains to be done. More than 10 million children will die …

Summary To achieve the Millennium Development Goal for child survival (MDG-4), neonatal
deaths need to be prevented. Previous papers in this series have presented the size of the …

In this second article of the neonatal survival series, we identify 16 interventions with proven
efficacy (implementation under ideal conditions) for neonatal survival and combine them into …