A Successful Failure: Missing the MDG4 Target for Under-Five Mortality in South Africa
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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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Under-five Mortality in the World (1900-2015)
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