Citation

Hay SI. Int. Health 2019; 11(5): 344-348.

Affiliation

Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, 2301 5th Avenue, Suite 600 Seattle, WA, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, Oxford University Press)

DOI

10.1093/inthealth/ihz046

PMID

31529108

Abstract

The decline in child mortality over the past two decades has been described as the greatest story in global public health. Indeed, using modern tools and interventions, there has been remarkable progress, reducing deaths in children <5 y of age by nearly half from 2000 to 2017. However, as a consequence of persistent geographic inequalities, we fall short of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal to end all preventable child deaths by 2030, with an estimated 44.6 million preventable deaths expected to occur by the target year. This article discusses how we might further improve the downward trend in child mortality over the next decade to end preventable child deaths.

© The Author(s) 2019. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.

Language: en

Keywords

child mortality; data visualization; global health; public health surveillance