GEOG 142 Final: Geog 142 Article: "African child mortality: The best story in development"
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Article: african child mortality: the best story in development http://www. economist. com/node/21555571. 16 of the 20 african countries which have had detailed surveys of living conditions since. 2005 reported falls in their child-mortality rates (# of deaths of children under 5 per 1,000 live births). 12 countries had falls of over 4. 4% a year, which is the rate of decline that is needed to meet the millennium development goal (mdg) of cutting by the child mortality rate b/w 1990-2015. 3 countries: senegal, rwanda, and kenya have seen falls of more than 8% a year, almost 2x the mdg rate and enough to halve child mortality in about a decade. These three countries now have the same level of child mortality as. India (one of the most successful economies in the world during the past decade). In most african countries it is now falling about 2x as fast as during early 2000s and 1990s.
