A Successful Failure: Missing the MDG4 Target for Under-Five Mortality in South Africa
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A Successful Failure: Missing the MDG4 Target for Under-Five Mortality in South Africa
Reflecting on under-five mortality, Peter Byass and colleagues consider how some countries may fail to meet millennium development goal targets despite making considerable advances.
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عنوان ژورنال: PLOS Medicine
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1549-1676
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001926