Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (IGME)
List of Members: UNICEF, WHO, The World Bank and United Nations Population Division
Terms of Reference: Draft [PDF]
Next Meeting: June 2009
In 2004, the Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (IGME) was established to advance the work on monitoring progress made towards the achievement of MDG4 regarding the reduction of infant and child mortality.
Objectives:
1. Produce and disseminate global, regional and country estimates of levels and trends of mortality in childhood, including age-specific mortality estimates.
2. Enhance the capacity of countries to produce timely and properly assessed estimates of child mortality.
Database: http://www.childmortality.org/
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Meeting Reports |
References |
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30 July 2008 |
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Adjusting U5MR for AIDS [PPT] |
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Uncertainty Estimation [PPT] |
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Update on sex-specific child mortality estimates [PDF] |
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Comparison of spline and loess-based approaches for the estimation of child mortality [PDF] |
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An Assessment of the Credibility of Child Mortality Declines Estimated from DHS Mortality Rates [PDF] |
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6-7 March 2008 |
[PDF] |
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16-17 July 2007 |
[PPT] |
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5-7 July 2006 |
[PDF] |
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10-11 Jan 2005 |
[PDF] |
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24-26 May 2004 |
[PDF] |
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