Millennium Development Goals

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Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
Achieve universal primary education
Promote gender equality and empower women
>>Reduce child mortality
Improve maternal health
Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases
Ensure environmental sustainability
Develop a global partnership for development

Reduce child mortality


TARGETS
INDICATORS
Reduce by two-thirds, between 1990 and 2015, the under-five mortality rate.
  • Under-five mortality rate
  • Infant mortality rate
  • Proportion of 1-year-old children immunized against measles


See ADB's Key Indicators 2003 for the most recent status of this goal in ADB's developing member countries.

Visit the social protection website to learn about ADB's efforts to reduce poverty and vulnerability of groups in society including children and women.
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