Abstract:
To the Editor: The UN has released a mid-term report on
progress towards achieving the Millennium Development
Goals (MDG), eight pro-poor goals contained in the
Millennium Declaration of 2000, to be achieved by 2015. It paints a gloomy picture of health in sub-Saharan Africa.
Child mortality rates declined globally, but the improvement
was uneven, with sub-Saharan Africa recording the highest
rate and the slowest pace of progress. In 1990 and 2005 in
sub-Saharan Africa, 185 and 166 children respectively died,
mainly from preventable causes, before their 5th birthday for every 1 000 live births, a mere 10% reduction in 16 years.
