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With this interactive mapping tool, explore localized child and infant mortality trends within 46 countries in Africa from 2000 to 2015. View trends at different spatial resolutions, from entire nations to local, 5-by-5-kilometer areas. Examine change over time and the improvement rates needed to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal for child mortality. Search to view trends in specific countries, districts, and local areas. Easily share maps with others.
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Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME). Local Burden of Disease – Under-5 mortality. Seattle, WA: IHME, University of Washington, 2017. Available from http://vizhub.healthdata.org/lbd/under5. (Accessed [INSERT DATE])
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