Goal 4: Reduce child mortality

 

Target 4.A Reduce by two thirds, between 1990 and 2015, the under-five mortality rate

 

                                                    STATUS OF PROGRESS: ON TRACK

 

Indicator

1995

2001/02

2006

2011

2015 target

Under-five mortality rate (per 1,000 live births)

156

152

137

90

56

Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 live births)

86

88

76

54

31

Proportion of 1-year-old children immunized against

measles

 

59.6%

56.8%

68.1%

75.8%

 

Source: click here to view MDG report for Uganda 2013

 

MDG 4 requires a reduction in death of children under five by 5% each year. The reduction in such deaths from 156 in 2011 to 137 per 1,000 live births in 2006 represents an annual reduction of only 1.2% way below the required 5%. However the fall in child mortality rate from 137 in 2006 to 90 in 2011 represents an annual reduction of 8.1%.

 

This kind of progress needs to be maintained as the deadline nears. The progress has been attributed to the massive immunization campaign. Malaria, anaemia, pneumonia, malnutrition and other respiratory infections are cited as the major causes of death among children under five years in the UNDP-Uganda MDG report of 2013.