A Successful Failure: Missing the MDG4 Target for Under-Five Mortality in South Africa

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Reflecting on under-five mortality, Peter Byass and colleagues consider how some countries may fail to meet millennium development goal targets despite making considerable advances.

Vyšlo v časopise: A Successful Failure: Missing the MDG4 Target for Under-Five Mortality in South Africa. PLoS Med 12(12): e32767. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1001926
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Reflecting on under-five mortality, Peter Byass and colleagues consider how some countries may fail to meet millennium development goal targets despite making considerable advances.

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