The Millennium Development Goals (MDG's) in the oPt |
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Goal 4: Reduce Child Mortality
After significant progress from 1990 to 2000, the progress rate of the under five mortality rate was very slow during 2000 to 2007 (about 2 percent reduction only). The rate is strongly related to the evolution of the conflict, as a result of military occupation, or of the effect of closures and limited access to health and social services in general, economic decline, impoverishment and aid dependency, child mortality is stagnating, or worsening in some areas like the Gaza strip, where it increased by about 30 percent over the last four years. The situation analysis of child mortality shows that progress in improving children’s health and survival is still possible, if conflict and poverty are addressed in an effective manner.
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