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. 2009 Apr 28;6(4):e1000062.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000062. Epub 2009 Apr 28.

The Millennium Development Goals fail poor children: the case for equity-adjusted measures

Daniel D Reidpath  1 , Chantal M Morel, Jeffrey W Mecaskey, Pascale Allotey
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The Millennium Development Goals fail poor children: the case for equity-adjusted measures

Daniel D Reidpath et al. PLoS Med. .

Abstract

Daniel Reidpath and colleagues use the fourth Millennium Development Goal (MDG) as an illustrative example to highlight the potential to neglect equity in the race to achieve the MDGs.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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Figure 1. Recent U5MRs and quintile ratios for 56 countries.
Data source: http://go.worldbank.org/T6LCN5A340.
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