In Ethiopia, the effort to deploy health workers to even the most remote parts of the country has helped bring about a steep reduction in child mortality.
On Friday September 13th the Ministry of Health of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and UNICEF announced that Ethiopia reduced its under-5 mortality by two thirds between 1990 and 2012 — the required reduction for meeting the target of Millennium Development Goal 4. In 1990, the under-5 mortality rate was one of the highest in the world at 204/1,000 live births; by 2012, this rate had been slashed to 68/1,000 live births.