Saving the lives of vulnerable children.

• From: Department for International Development
• Published: 1 January 2005

• Document Type: Journal Article
• Theme: Health
• Authors: McPake, B.

Abstract

Child health is critical to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals, most obviously the target to reduce the under-5 mortality rate by two-thirds between 1990 and 2015, but also to reduce communicable disease, improve educational achievement, and interrupt the cycle of poverty.

Citation

Lancet, 365 (9478), 2154-6 pp. [doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(05)66753-0]

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Saving the lives of vulnerable children.

Published 1 January 2005