As global momentum and investment for accelerating maternal and child survival grows,
monitoring of progress at the global and country level has become even more needed …

The latest estimates of under-5 mortality from the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality
Estimation (IGME) show a one-third decline at the global level of under-5 mortality rates from …

Background In 2000, world leaders agreed on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
MDG 4 called for a two-thirds reduction in the under-5 mortality rate between 1990 and …

Background Remarkable financial and political efforts have been focused on the reduction
of child mortality during the past few decades. Timely measurements of levels and trends in …

Background 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 …

Background Despite remarkable progress in the improvement of child survival between
1990 and 2015, the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 4 target of a two-thirds reduction …

Summary Background The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), set in 2015 by the UN
General Assembly, call for all countries to reach an under-5 mortality rate (U5MR) of at least …

Background India has the largest number of child deaths of any country in the world, and
has wide local variation in under-5 mortality. Worldwide achievement of the UN 2015 …

Background Previous assessments have highlighted that less than a quarter of countries are
on track to achieve Millennium Development Goal 4 (MDG 4), which calls for a two-thirds …

Background Trend data for causes of child death are crucial to inform priorities for improving
child survival by and beyond 2015. We report child mortality by cause estimates in 2000–13 …