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Levels and trends in child mortality. Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (IGME). Report 2015.
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Child mortality is a key health indicator, and since 2000 global initiatives such as the MDG 4 target, the Global Strategy for Women and Children’s Health, and the SDGs have sought to reduce under‑five deaths by two thirds and ultimately end preventable child deaths. The SDG target aims to end preventable deaths of newborns and children under five by 2030, with neonatal mortality ≤12 per 1000 live births and under‑five mortality ≤25 per 1000.
Child mortality is a core indicator for child health and well-being. In 2000 world leaders agreed on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and called for reducing the under-five mortality rate by two thirds between 1990 and 2015 - known as the MDG 4 target. In recent years the Global Strategy for Womens and Children’s Health launched by United Nations Secretary- General Ban Ki-moon and the Every WomanEvery Child movement boosted global momentum in improving newborn and child survival as well as maternal health. In June 2012 world leaders renewed their commitment during the global launch of Committing to Child Survival: A Promise Renewed aiming for a continued post-2015 focus to end preventable child deaths. With the end of the MDG era the international community is in the process of agreeing on a new framework - the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The proposed SDG target for child mortality represents a renewed commitment to the worlds children: By 2030 end preventable deathsof newborns and children under five years of age with all countries aiming to reduce neonatal mortality to at least as low as 12 deaths per 1000 live births and under-five mortality to at least as low as 25 deaths per 1000 live births.