Millennium Development Goals [1] | 2015 sub-Saharan Africa achievement [1] |
 Goal 4: Reduce Child Mortality | |
 Target 5: Reduce by two-thirds, between 1990 and 2015, the under-five mortality rate | 52% reduction in child mortality |
 Goal 5: Improve Maternal Health | |
 Target 6: Reduce by three-quarters, between 1990 and 2015, the maternal mortality ratio | 49% reduction in maternal mortality ratio |
 Goal 6: Combat HIV/AIDS, Malaria and Other Diseases | |
 Target 7: Have halted by 2015 and begun to reverse the spread of HIV/AIDS | 51% reduction in new HIV infections |
 Target 8: Have halted by 2015 and begun to reverse the incidence of malaria and other major diseases | 69% reduction in malaria mortality in the under-five age group |
Sustainable Development Goals [2] | 2015 sub-Saharan burden of disease |
 Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being | |
 3.1: By 2030, reduce the global maternal mortality ratio to less than 70 per 100,000 live births | 546 per 100,000 live births [75] |
 3.2: By 2030, end preventable deaths of newborns and under-five children, with all countries aiming to reduce neonatal mortality to at least as low as 12 per 1000 live births and under-five mortality to at least as low as 25 per 1000 live births | Neonatal and under-five mortality is 29 and 83 per 1000 live births, respectively [75] |
 3.3: By 2030, end the epidemics of AIDS, TB, malaria and neglected tropical diseases and combat hepatitis, water-borne diseases and other communicable diseases | 2.6 (0–20.1) new HIV infections per 1000 uninfected populationa [76] 281 (22–852) new TB cases per 100,000 populationa [76] 268.6 (3.6–460.9) new malaria cases per 1000 population at riska [76] |
 3.8: Achieve universal health coverage, including financial risk protection, access to quality essential healthcare services and access to safe, effective, quality and affordable essential medicines and vaccines for all | HIV treatment coverage 0–70%b [77] TB treatment coverage 10–70%b [77] IPTp coverage 17–40% [37] Use of ITNs 10–70%b [77] |