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 With 4 years until 2015, it is essential to monitor progress towards Millennium
Development Goals (MDGs) 4 and 5. Although estimates of maternal and child mortality …

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 …

Background Documentation of the demographic and geographical details of changes in
cause-specific neonatal (younger than 1 month) and 1–59-month mortality in India can …

Summary 10 years ago, The Lancet published a Series about child survival. In this Review,
we examine progress in the past decade in child survival, with a focus on epidemiology …

Conceived in 2003 and born in 2005 with the launch of its first report and country profiles,
the Countdown to 2015 for Maternal, Newborn, and Child Survival has reached its originally …

BACKGROUND: The Countdown to 2015 for Maternal, Newborn, and Child Survival
initiative monitors coverage of priority interventions to achieve the Millennium Development …

Background Middle-income countries will need to drastically reduce neonatal deaths to
achieve the Millennium Development Goal for child survival. The evolution of antenatal and …

Background Maternal mortality remains a major challenge to health systems worldwide.
Reliable information about the rates and trends in maternal mortality is essential for resource …

In the past century, child mortality has fallen to very low rates in all developed countries.
However, rates between and within countries vary widely, and factors can be identified that …