title: Achieving Millennium Development Goals 4 and 5 in Pakistan.
abstract: Pakistan is a signatory of many international development strategies including the Millennium Development Goals, and the government is committed to achieving a reduction in infant mortality rate from 72 to <55 per 1000 live births, the newborn mortality rate from 55 to <40 per 1000 live births and the maternal mortality rate from 276 per 100,000 to 140 per 100,000 live births by 2015. Maternal, newborn and child health play a key role in reducing poverty and promoting social and economic development. Improvement in maternal and child health is a priority agenda of the Government of Pakistan.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Maternal and Child Health Centre, Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, Islamabad, Pakistan.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mahmud
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Zaman
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jafarey
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Khan
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sohail
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fatima
mesh_terms: D002423:Cause of Death; D002662:Child Health Services; D046688:Child Mortality; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005193:Family Planning Services; D005260:Female; D006291:Health Policy; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007226:Infant Mortality; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008427:Maternal Health Services; D008428:Maternal Mortality; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D010154:Pakistan / Q000453:epidemiology; D011247:Pregnancy; D014480:United Nations / Q000592:standards*