Three Asia-Pacific countries were among those achieving both MDG 1 and the WFS: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Cuba, Djibouti, Georgia, Ghana, Guyana, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Nicaragua, Peru, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Thailand, Turkmenistan, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) and Viet Nam.
The best proof of unattainability is that over 80% of low-income African countries currently appear as "off track" for both MDG 4 and 5, despite having made substantial progress.
Findings of this review have important implications for the achievement of both MDG 4 and 5 and beyond, and suggest a need for markedly increased attention to this issue.
China is one of the few developing countries set to achieve both MDG 4 (between 1990 and 2015, reduce by two thirds the under-five mortality rate) and 5 (between 1990 and 2015, reduce by three quarters the maternal mortality ratio and achieve universal access to reproductive health) [ 3, 4].
This will contribute both to MDG 2 - achieving universal primary education - and MDG 3 - gender equality in basic education.
Only nine of 137 developing countries are likely to achieve both the MDG 4 and 5 targets by 2015 [ 4].
The starting-dose for the 5-min bolus FU was 400 mg m−2 in all patients, both for MdG and OxMdG.
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the earlier Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) both have, as their ultimate goal, the improvement of the human lot at a global level.
As the global health community considers both the strong likelihood that the MDG-4 targets are not going to be accomplished by 2015 (56, 57), and looks ahead to the post-MDG era (58), it is important to sustain efforts to reduce child mortality.
