2. Deaths of children under five
0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200
CIS,Europe
Eastern Asia
Latin America & the Caribbean
Northern Africa
South-Eastern Asia
Western Asia
CIS,Asia
Oceania
Southern Asia
Sub-Saharan Africa
State
Under-five mortality rate per 1,000 live births
1990
2000
2006
3. 0 20 40 60 80 100 120
Developed regions
Developing regions
Under-fivemortalityrateper1,000livebirths
Regions
1990
2000
2006
4. • Despite progress, deaths of children under five
remain unacceptably high
• In 2006 annual deaths among children under
five dipped below 10 million
• It is different in a developing country rather than
in an industrialized country
• Disparities persist in all regions
5. • The leading causes of childhood deaths
are easily prevented through simple
improvements in basic health services and
proven interventions
• Undernutrition is estimated to be an
underlying cause in more than one third of
all deaths in children under five
6. • There are methods that provide safe,
lifelong protection
• The second-dose coverage has reduced
global deaths from measles, surpassing
the initial target
7. 0 20 40 60 80 100 120
Eastern Asia
Northern Africa
Latin America & the Caribbean
Oceania
Sub-Saharan Africa
State
Proportion of children 12-23 months old who received at least
one dose of measles vaccine
1990
2000
2006
Vaccinations have slashed deaths from
measles
8. 0 20 40 60 80 100
World
Developing
regions
Delevoped
regions
Proportion of children 12-23 months old who received at least one dose of
measles vaccine
1990
2000
2006
9.
10. Project carried out by
Federica Simone
Luca Vitale
Christian La Mantia
Alessandro Boccolli
