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Mr Stoltenberg's address argued that achieving Millennium Development Goal 4 - a two-thirds reduction in child mortality by 2015 - was feasible, though it was the most ambitious goal the world community had ever set itself, and progress to date had been mixed.

The lecture was introduced by °×С½ãÂÛ̳ President and Provost Professor Malcolm Grant and Dr Richard Horton, Editor of 'The Lancet', and was followed by a discussion with expert panellists from around the world.

Earlier in the day, the °×С½ãÂÛ̳ Centre for International Health & Development (°×С½ãÂÛ̳ CIHD) was launched at a symposium, 'Child Survival - Challenges to Reach Millennium Development Goal 4'.

The °×С½ãÂÛ̳ CIHD is an interdisciplinary collaboration of leading academics working on health and development in a global context, based at the °×С½ãÂÛ̳ Institute of Child Health. Its research themes include maternal and newborn health, nutrition, children in difficult circumstances, child development and disability, HIV prevention and treatment, and evaluation of community interventions for policy and practice.

The °×С½ãÂÛ̳ CIHD also incorporates the °×С½ãÂÛ̳ IHMEC, which has played a leading role in introducing international health to the undergraduate medical curriculum, and for the last five years has coordinated an intercalated BSc in International Health at °×С½ãÂÛ̳.

To find out more about the °×С½ãÂÛ̳ IHMEC or the °×С½ãÂÛ̳ CIHD, use the links at the bottom of this article.

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