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- Table 1. Progress on Child Health and Education According to the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) Targets11
Child Health Indicator Progress 1990-2015 MDG 2015 Target Under 5-year-old mortality 91 to 43 deaths/1,000 live births 53% reduction 66% reduction Neonatal mortality 36 to 19 deaths/1,000 live births 47% reduction 66% reduction Underweight 25% to 14% of under 5-year-olds 50% reduction Primary education 81% to 91% enrollment 100% - Table 2. Areas of Child Well-Being Incorporated Into the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)16
Well-Being Area Child-Related SDG Indicators Related SDG Survive and thrive Under 5-year-old mortality, neonatal mortality, maternal mortality SDG 3 Births attended by skilled personnel, adolescent birth rate New HIV infections, malaria incidence Vaccinations (MCV1, DPT3) Access to essential health services Stunting (chronic undernutrition), wasting (acute undernutrition), and overweight SDG 2 Learn Children under 5 years developmentally on track SDG 4 Organized learning 1 year before primary school Reading and mathematics proficiency in lower secondary school Proportion of schools with access to WASH Protection against violence, exploitation, and harmful practices Violence against girls, child marriage, female genital mutilation/cutting SDG 5 Child labor SDG 8 Intentional homicide, conflict-related deaths, violence from caregivers, sexual violence on girls and boys under 18 years, birth registration SDG 16 Safe, clean environment Basic drinking water, sanitation, and hygiene services SDG 1 Mortality rate from household/ambient air pollution SDG 3 Safely managed drinking water and sanitation services, handwashing facilities, open defecation SDG 6 Use of clean fuels SDG 7 Deaths from natural disasters SDG 13 Fair chance in life Extreme poverty, below national poverty line, multidimensional poverty, social protection floors/system SDG 1 DTP3, diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis vaccine full series; HIV, human immunodeficiency virus; MCV1, measles-containing vaccine first dose; WASH, water, sanitation, and hygiene.