Reduced mortality has been the predominant cause of the marked global population growth
over the last 3/4 of a century. While improved child survival increases motivation to reduce …

Many interventions in global health save lives. One criticism sometimes lobbed at these
interventions invokes the spirit of Malthus. The good done, the charge goes, is offset by the …

Fifty years ago, close to two of every ten children born in East Asia died during their first year
of life, and another one of their sisters or brothers did not reach their fifth birthday. The …

In 1960, Africa contributed to approximately 14 per cent of the global child mortality burden.
Today, sub-Saharan Africa alone accounts for almost 50 per cent of child mortality, although …

A recent UNICEF report Committing to Child Survival: A Promise Renewed Progress Report
2013 presents a comprehensive analysis of levels and trends in child mortality and progress …

Across the world, one newborn in twenty-two dies before his or her first birthday, and among
those who survive, a further one in forty-three dies over the next four years. Altogether …

This report is a global partnership initiative aimed at ending preventable child and maternal
deaths. It also provides current information on causes of child and maternal deaths, and …

Almost 80% of the 4 billion projected increase in world population by 2100 comes from 37
Mid-African Countries (MACs), caused mostly by slow declines in Total Fertility Rate (TFR) …

In the past five decades, the world has witnessed tremendous advances in biomedical
sciences and technology which have led to unprecedented improvement in morbidity …

The era of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) has witnessed dramatic and
unprecedented progress in reducing child and maternal deaths. As a result, 6.4 million fewer …