Child Mortality Target: Analysis and Recommendations
The National Indigenous Health Equality Council (NIHEC) Child Mortality Target: Analysis and Recommendations is based on the Government’s commitment to halve the gap in mortality rates for Indigenous children under five within a decade. The analysis includes statistics on key drivers; trends and projections; and NIHEC’s policy recommendations to inform progress towards the target.
Full publication
Child Mortality Target: Analysis and Recommendations (PDF 513 KB)Table of contents
PDF printable version: Preliminary material (PDF 100 KB)- Title page
- Contents
Sections
PDF printable version: NIHEC recommendations (PDF 112 KB)- What are the key drivers
- Where are the opportunities for intervention?
- How are we going to close the gap? Key drivers
- Health outcomes
- Determinants of health
- Health system performance
- Closing the gap - trend projections to target
- Child mortality
- Infant mortality
- Low birth weight
- Antenatal care
- Current policy context - child mortality
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