74 Vaccines save millions of lives and have helped reduce global measles deaths by 74 per cent since 2000.
Millennium Development Goal 4 : Reduce child mortality
Target : Reduce by two-thirds, between 1990 and 2015, the under-five mortality rate
Between 2000 and 2007, child deaths from measles declined by 74 per cent globally, and by a remarkable 89 per cent in Africa. Millions of lives have been saved through immunization.
In 2008, 83 per cent of 1 year-old children worldwide were immunized against measles.
Source: UNICEF and World Health Organization (WHO)
