Poorer countries will not meet health targets, warns WHO.

Looks at a recent reports published by the World Health Organization stating that many of the world's poorer countries will not meet the health millennium development goals without concerted effort. Review of the goals, which were established in the 1990s by nearly two hundred participating countries, and aim to reduce infant mortality, improve maternal health and combat infectious disease; Discussion of how no region of the developing world is currently on track to meet the child mortality goal; Analysis of child mortality data; Importance of the retention of health care professionals in Africa in successfully meeting the millennium development goals.