Reducing measles mortality, reducing child mortality.

摘要

Global efforts to expand the use of the measles vaccine over the past 5 years has resulted in the greatest measurable reduction in under-5 mortality from measles, with annual deaths reduced by 48%, to 454000 (range 329000-596000) in 2004 from 871000 (633 000-1139 000) in 1999-aThis reduction also makes a small but quantifiable contribution towards Millennium Development Goal 4 (MDG-4): the reduction of under-5 mortality by two-thirds by 2015.To achieve MDG-4, the international community and governments will have to reach more children with existing and new life-saving interventions. In the first 5 years of efforts to reach the goal of MDG-4, measurable results in reducing under-5 child mortality have been achieved mostly by expanding existing capabilities.