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ArticlePLoS medicine2015

A Successful Failure: Missing the MDG4 Target for Under-Five Mortality in South Africa.

Peter Byass, Chodziwadziwa W Kabudula, Paul Mee, Sizzy Ngobeni, Bernard Silaule, F Xavier Gómez-Olivé, Mark A Collinson, Aviva Tugendhaft, Ryan G Wagner, Rhian Twine and 3 more

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Article in PLoS medicine, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Peter ByassMRC-Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit (Agincourt), School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Chodziwadziwa W KabudulaMRC-Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit (Agincourt), School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Paul MeeMRC-Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit (Agincourt), School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Sizzy NgobeniMRC-Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit (Agincourt), School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Bernard SilauleMRC-Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit (Agincourt), School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
F Xavier Gómez-OlivéMRC-Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit (Agincourt), School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Mark A CollinsonMRC-Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit (Agincourt), School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Aviva TugendhaftMRC-Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit (Agincourt), School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Ryan G WagnerMRC-Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit (Agincourt), School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Rhian TwineMRC-Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit (Agincourt), School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Karen HofmanMRC-Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit (Agincourt), School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Stephen M TollmanMRC-Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit (Agincourt), School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Kathleen KahnMRC-Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit (Agincourt), School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.

Funding

Partnership for Social Science AIDS Research in South African's Era of ART RollouR24AG032112 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO · PI MENKEN, JANE A · 2007 to 2011
$1.6M
Medical Research CouncilNIA NIH HHS 1R24AG032112-01NIA NIH HHS 5R24AG032112-03NIA NIH HHS R24 AG032112Wellcome TrustWellcome Trust 058893/Z/99/AWellcome Trust 069683/Z/02/ZWellcome Trust 085477/Z/08/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Reflecting on under-five mortality, Peter Byass and colleagues consider how some countries may fail to meet millennium development goal targets despite making considerable advances.

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Child MortalityChild, PreschoolHumansInfantInfant MortalityInfant, NewbornSouth Africa

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PMID26694732
PMCPMC4687868

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