Errors in a paper on the Millennium Villages project

摘要

In our paper on the effect of an integrated multisector model for achieving the Millennium Development Goals and improving child survival in rural sub-Saharan Africa (published online May 8),1 we made some erroneous statements and assumptions.First, the statement in the Findings section of the Summary that "The average annual rate of reduction of mortality in children younger than 5 years of age was three-times faster in Millennium Village sites than in the most recent 10-year national rural trends (7-8% vs 2-6%)" is unwarranted and misleading. The paper compares the 2006 Millennium Village baseline with the 3-year results during 2006-09, a decline of 22%, to calculate an annual average decline in the under-5 mortality rate.