Republic of Moldova

International targets:

• Reduce by two thirds, between 1990 and 2015, the under-five mortality rate.
  

Initial national targets:

• Reduce the infant mortality rate from 14.7 (per 1,000 live births) in 2002 down to 12.1 in 2006, 9.6 in 2010, and 6.3 in 2015.
  
• Reduce the under-5 mortality rate from 18.3 (per 1,000 live births) in 2002 down to 15.0 in 2006, 11.9 in 2010, and 8.4 in 2015.
  
• Increase the proportion of under-2 children vaccinated against measles from 99.2% in 2002 up to 100%, starting 2006.
  

Revised national targets:

• Reduce infant mortality from 18.5 (per 1,000 live births) in 2006 down to 16.3 in 2010 and 13.2 in 2015.
  
• Reduce the under-5 mortality rate from 20.7 (per 1,000 live births) in 2006 down to 18.6 in 2010 and 15.3 in 2015.
  Maintain the proportion of under-2 children vaccinated against measles at least at 96% by 2010 and 2015.

(Source: draft National Report „Millennium Development Goals Report:„New Challenges – New Objectives”)

 

Child mortality is an important indicator to assess the availability of healthcare services for the population, parents’ general knowledge about child care, also being directly related to poverty.
The Government managed to successfully achieve the intermediary targets for 2006 in reducing child mortality. But the third target on universal vaccination against measles for under-2 children was not attained.

The Government managed to successfully achieve the intermediary targets for 2006 in reducing child mortality. The situation in 2006 reaching 11.8 per 1,000 live births, thus going beyond the MDG target for this indicator of 12.1 by 2006.  More...