This video talks about two of the 8 millennium development goals, The (MDGs) are eight international development goals that were established following the Millennium Summit of the United Nations in 2000 the two goals talked about in this video are as follows
1. To reduce child mortality
2. To improve maternal health
Here I will be focusing on just 1 of the 2 MGD discussed in the video {reducing child mortality : child dies before the age of five} and we would see accounts of child mortality in different segments of the world such as Africa, Asia etc.
CHILD MORTALITY IN AFRICA
Article 1: Elissa Jobson (2013 September 13). Ethiopia achieves development target on reducing child mortality. Retrieved from: http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2013/sep/13/ethiopia-achieves-development-target-child-mortality.
This article talks about the 4th MDG child mortality and how it is being handled in Ethiopia a developing country in Africa. Ethiopia, a low-income has achieved the millennium development goal to cut the mortality rate for children under the age of five ahead of the 2015 deadline the World Health Organization (WHO) showed Ethiopia has reduced its child deaths by more than two thirds over the past 20 years. In 1990, an estimated 204 children in every 1,000 in Ethiopia died before the age of five ; just six countries had a higher rate. The latest data shows that by 2012 the rate had dropped to 68, a massive 67% fall in the under-five mortality rate. UNICEF believes that without faster progress in every region, it will take until 2028 for the world to meet the target on reducing deaths among under-fives. Government commitment, contributions and resources have contributed to Ethiopia's progress on the issue. In conclusion we see Ethiopia and few other African countries have achieved the 4th MDG of reduced