An appraisal of China’s progress toward the Millennium Development Goals as they relate to children

Abstract

Since their inception in 2000, the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) have improved understanding of the global development process. Although the goals will not be significantly achieved on a global scale, each country has had accomplishments deserving of attention and analysis. With regard to the MDGs as they relate to children, China has made significant achievements, the deeper understanding of which might help in the process of refreshing the MDGs beyond 2015. China's accomplishments in economic development and human welfare, and the benefits this has brought to its children potentially teach lessons that can be modelled by other countries moving from low- to middle-income status.

Efficiency of health resource utilisation in primary-level maternal and child health hospitals in Shanxi Province, China: a bootstrapping data envelopment analysis and truncated regression approach

“…Predictably, these efforts have generated remarkable effects. For example, MDG 4, which aims to reduce child mortality by two-thirds, has been reached in advance of 9 years; MDG 5, which seeks to decrease maternal mortality by three-quarters, has been achieved 1 year ahead of schedule [7][8][9]. However, unequal and inefficient MCHC remains a persistent issue in China, and an MCH service network is lagging in the entire healthcare system [7].…”

China’s human resources for maternal and child health: a national sampling survey

“…China has been considered as one of the countries that are set to achieve both MDGs 4 and 5 by 2015 [ 8 , 9 ]. In particular, the under-5 mortality reduced from 45.7 and 13.8 (per 1000 live births) in rural and urban areas in 2000 to 19.1 and 7.1 in 2011, and the maternal mortality reduced from 69.6 and 29.3 (per 100,000 live births) in rural and urban areas in 2000 to 26.5 and 25.2 in 2011.…”