The country's success in reducing child mortality and population growth can be models for other countries.

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These include cutting poverty in half, reducing child mortality by two-thirds and ensuring universal primary education.

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The concrete goal of reducing child mortality by two-thirds created a clear target by which to measure success or failure.

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And every day we get closer to the Millennium Development Goal deadline of reducing child mortality by two-thirds by 2015.

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America's life expectancy, at 47 years in 1900, has soared to 77.6 years, but most of the gain came from reducing child mortality.

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While the charity acknowledges progress has been made in goals such as reducing child mortality, the report says this has been uneven across income groups.

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Literacy is at the heart of basic Education for All, and essential for eradicating poverty, reducing child mortality, achieving gender equality and ensuring sustainable development, peace and democracy.

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Literacy is at the heart of basic Education for All and is essential for eradicating poverty, reducing child mortality, achieving gender equality and ensuring sustainable development, peace and democracy.

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While we've made significant strides in reducing child and maternal mortality rates since the 1970s, there are still many lives to save.

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