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Target: Reduce by two thirds, between 1990 and 2015, the under-five mortality rate

Zambia’s mortality rate for children under the age of five declined from 190.7 to 119 deaths per 1,000 live births between 1992 and 2007. The infant mortality rate has also declined from 107.2 to 70 deaths per 1,000 live births between

1992 and 2007. The MDG target is to reduce the child mortality rate to 63.6 deaths per live births by 2015 (UNDP, 2012).

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Table 3.2 MDG Goal No.4 and set Targets

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2015 Target

Will Target be Achieved under the Present Trend

Goal

Target

Indicator

MDG 4: Reducing child mortality

Target 4.A: Reduce by two-thirds, between 1990 and 2015, the under-five mortality rate

U-5 mortality rate (deaths per 1,000 live births) Infant mortality rate (deaths per 1,000 live births) One year olds immunized against measles (%)

119

63.6

Acceleration required

70

35.7

Acceleration required

84.9

100

Acceleration required

UNDP, 2012

108

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