Levels and trends in child mortality. Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (IGME). Report 2015.

Child mortality is a core indicator for child health and well-being. In 2000 world leaders agreed on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and called for reducing the under-five mortality rate by two thirds between 1990 and 2015 - known as the MDG 4 target. In recent years the Global Strategy for Womens and Children’s Health launched by United Nations Secretary- General Ban Ki-moon and the Every WomanEvery Child movement boosted global momentum in improving newborn and child survival as well as maternal health. In June 2012 world leaders renewed their commitment during the global launch of Committing to Child Survival: A Promise Renewed aiming for a continued post-2015 focus to end preventable child deaths.…