We are close to achieving two more goals the reduction of extreme poverty and under five child mortality rates.

The cost of achieving the Millennium Development Goals include eradicating extreme poverty and hunger (Goal 1) achieving universal primary education (Goal 2) eliminating gender disparity at all levels of education (Goal 3) reducing child mortality (Goal 4) and reducing maternal mortality (Goal 5).

Reducing mortality, especially maternal and child mortality

We feel an especially strong sense of urgency as we approach the deadline of 2015 for achieving the Millennium Development Goals, which aim to reduce extreme poverty, hunger, and child mortality.

Infant mortality

Infant Mortality

Neonatal mortality and postneonatal mortality (covering the remaining 11 months of the first year of life) are reflected in the Infant Mortality Rate.

Our performance in infant mortality and maternal mortality has not been so good.

Maternal mortality rate

Infant Mortality Rates

neonatal mortality rate

Maternal mortality ratio

Structure of maternal mortality

Reducing mortality in childhood

However, the Committee is very concerned that despite decreases in the infant mortality rate, under five mortality rate and maternal mortality rate, these rates remain very high.

Extreme poverty is almost synonymous with extreme isolation, especially rural isolation.

Maternal mortality and the mortality of parents due to HIV AIDS often lead to or exacerbate poverty.

The Forum on Indigenous Issues is deeply concerned that particular problems and discrimination are faced by indigenous children and youth, including in the areas of education, health, culture, extreme poverty, mortality, sexual exploitation, militarization, displacement, incarceration, labour and others.

Extreme poverty

Goal 4 Reduce child mortality

1.2.2 Fertility, Reproduction and Mortality

Reduce child mortality (MDG 4)

Infant mortality rates remain high.

Take child mortality the aim here is to reduce child mortality by two thirds, from 1990 to 2015.

These ambitious targets ranging from halving extreme poverty and reducing maternal mortality by three quarters to achieving universal primary schooling and halting (and beginning to reverse) the spread of HIV AIDS are supposed to be met by the end of 2015.

Resources of up to 1.1 per cent of GDP annually will be required to achieve the goals in the areas of extreme poverty, hunger, education, gender and maternal and child mortality, assuming average annual economic growth of 3 per cent.

The Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues is deeply concerned that particular problems and discrimination are faced by indigenous children and youth, including in the areas of education, health, culture, extreme poverty, mortality, sexual exploitation, militarization, displacement, incarceration, labour and others.

Mortality 300,000 people dying each year.

Most frequent mortality causes and rates

Educated women have decreased maternal mortality

Education leads to decreased infant mortality

Mortality Rates and Causes of Death

Nonetheless, the mortality rates remain high.

Maternal mortality in Pakistan remains high.

Strategic maternal mortality reduction plan 2004 2008, which is based on the 2003 strategic guidelines for reducing maternal mortality and the recommendations of the 2000 maternal mortality baseline of the national reproductive health programme.

Neonatal mortality Early neonatal mortality refers to a death of a live born baby within the first seven days of life, while late neonatal mortality covers the time after 7 days until before 28 days.

In 2002, female child mortality rate under five years old was 31.4 o and male child mortality rate was 34.2 o.

Child mortality and malnutrition rates likewise improved.

The major causes of maternal mortality are

Maternal mortality, though declining, was still high.

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Citizens versus Extreme Poverty

Most of the people over whom Obiang rules live in extreme poverty, with an average life expectancy of 49 years and an infant mortality rate of 87 per 1,000 live births (in other words, more than one child in twelve dies before its first birthday).

And sustained government investment in public health is reflected in steady improvement in India s infant mortality rate, maternal mortality rate, and life expectancy.