What Contributed for the Sharp Decline of Child Mortality?
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Recent reports from the United Nations and other organizations working on mothers and child health showed dramatic declines in child mortality in almost all countries of the world, regardless of initial levels and socioeconomic circumstances. In the high income economies, such decline has happened already at the end of the 19th century. However, in low and middle income countries, noticeable declines are being observed since the 1970s (1). In Ethiopia, in the last twenty years, the under-five mortality has declined from more than 200 per 1000 live births in the 1980s to the current 77 per 1000 live births.
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