GOAL 4:
REDUCE CHILD MORTALITY
This subchapter provides an analysis of challenges and tasks of the national health care system in the attempt to reduce child mortality. Protection of child health is an integral part of the health care system, whose achievements greatly influence the prospects of the further development of society. Indicators of child and maternal mortality have socio-political importance and reflect not only the quality and level of health care for children and mothers but also the development of the health care system and society in general.
І. Targets and Indicators Targets Target 4. A: Decrease the mortality rate among children up to 5 years of age by one-fourth
CHAPTER TWO. MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS, ADAPTED FOR UKRAINE
Indicators 4.1. Mortality rate among children of up to 5 years of age, number of children of corresponding age who died per 1,000 live births 4.2. Infant mortality rate, number of infants up to one year of age who died per 1,000 live births
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