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MDG 4 on Child Mortality: Many African Countries are not reducing Child Deaths as expected
Mid-way to the 2015 Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) deadline, many countries in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) continue to register high child mortality rates and are not likely to meet target 4 of the MDGs which is to reduce child mortality by two-thirds by 2015. A new study …  Read More
Efforts to address Child Malnutrition in sub-Saharan Africa need to Prioritize Urban Poor Communities
For a long time, child malnutrition in sub-Saharan Africa has been thought of mainly as a rural phenomenon. Consequently, resources to alleviate malnutrition have been allocated in priority to rural areas. However, according to a study that examined data from 15 sub-Saharan African countries, the differences …    Read More


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