China's infant mortality rate fell 85% since 1970, nearing the U.S. rate. buff.ly/1g7eLNk #health http://t.co/b9eno1jk6X—
HumanProgress.org (@humanprogress) September 08, 2015
The Great Escape in Chinese infant mortality was stunning
11 Sep 2015 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles, health economics, Marxist economics Tags: child mortality, China, global poverty, infant mortality, stream poverty, The Great Escape
The Great Escape is on-going
18 Aug 2015 Leave a comment
in applied welfare economics, development economics, economic history, environmental economics, growth disasters, growth miracles, health economics Tags: child mortality, global poverty, infant mortality, life expectancies, stream poverty, The Great Escape, The Great Fact
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The total number of undernourished persons is falling despite population growth. buff.ly/1MgKWqd #food #health http://t.co/YfAltqvxVy—
HumanProgress.org (@humanprogress) August 11, 2015
Extreme poverty is declining, but more quickly in some places than others. See the data: buff.ly/1DDz0O5 http://t.co/W1a0WpCxHI—
HumanProgress.org (@humanprogress) August 11, 2015
The Great Escape: the conquest of childhood leukaemia
08 Aug 2015 Leave a comment
in economic history, economics of media and culture, health economics Tags: cancer survival rates, child mortality, cranks, infant mortality leukaemia, modern medicine, natural medicine, The Great Escape
The Great Escape in England 1930 – 2001
03 Aug 2015 Leave a comment
in economic history, health economics Tags: British economy, capitalism and freedom, child mortality, infant mortality, life expectancies, The Great Enrichment, The Great Escape
The Great Escape in infant mortality is still on-going
30 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in development economics, growth disasters, growth miracles, health economics Tags: capitalism and freedom, child mortality, infant mortality, life expectancies, The Great Escape, The Great Fact
New Blog: "MDG4: A dramatic decline in child mortality over the last 20 years" blogs.worldbank.org/opendata/mdg4-… #opendata http://t.co/lSAS8SU5Od—
World Bank Data (@worldbankdata) July 16, 2015
Millennium Development Goal 4: Reduce by two-thirds, between 1990 and 2015, the under-five mortality rate
17 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in development economics, growth disasters, growth miracles, health economics Tags: capitalism and freedom, child mortality, child poverty, extreme poverty, infant mortality rates, life expectancies, millennium development goals, The Great Escape
Although there has been a dramatic decline in deaths, most children still die from causes that are readily preventable or curable with existing interventions. Pneumonia, diarrhea, and malaria are the leading causes, accounting for 30 percent under-five deaths
via MDG4: A dramatic decline in child mortality over the last 20 years | Open Data.
A stunning aspect of The Great Escape since my parents were born
13 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in applied welfare economics, development economics, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles, health economics Tags: Africa, British economy, British history, child mortality, child poverty, infant mortality, life expectancies, The Great Enrichment, The Great Escape, The Great Fact
"Today, children in sub-Saharan Africa are more likely…"—Prof. Angus Deaton, @Princeton
Data: buff.ly/1K2tELk http://t.co/lrTdiLi3F7—
HumanProgress.org (@humanprogress) July 12, 2015
The power of prayer
30 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of media and culture, economics of religion, health economics Tags: child health, child mortality, conjecture and refutation, modernity
The Great Escape – child mortality since 1950
14 May 2015 Leave a comment
in development economics, growth disasters, growth miracles, health economics Tags: child mortality, infant mortality, The Great Escape
Child mortality rate down across the globe via @UNICEF
statista.com/chart/3410/glo… http://t.co/SAYPhFMIC0—
Statista (@StatistaCharts) April 17, 2015
Child mortality halved in the last 25 years
04 Apr 2015 Leave a comment
in health economics Tags: child mortality, The Great Escape

HT: vox.com
Incredible Decrease in Child Mortality Worldwide in Last 50 Years
18 Mar 2015 Leave a comment
in development economics, growth disasters, growth miracles, health economics, liberalism Tags: child mortality, The Great Escape, The Great Fact

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