Achieving millennium development goals 4 and 5 in Pakistan

Type Journal Article - BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Title Achieving millennium development goals 4 and 5 in Pakistan
Author(s)
Volume 118
Publication (Day/Month/Year) 2011
Page numbers 69-77
URL http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21951504
Abstract
Pakistan is a signatory of many international development strategies including the Millennium Development Goals, and the government is committed to achieving a reduction in infant mortality rate from 72 to <55 per 1000 live births, the newborn mortality rate from 55 to <40 per 1000 live births and the maternal mortality rate from 276 per 100 000 to 140 per 100 000 live births by 2015. Maternal, newborn and child health play a key role in reducing poverty and promoting social and economic development. Improvement in maternal and child health is a priority agenda of the Government of Pakistan.

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