Figure 3 New hope in Africa? Recent rapid reductions in under‐five mortality in three large African countries based on new survey data. NMR, neonatal mortality rate; U5M, under‐five mortality. Sources: Country profiles. In: Lawn J, Kerber K, eds. Opportunities for Africa's newborns. PMNCH, Cape Town, South Africa. Data from UNICEF and from National Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) (http://www.measuredhs.com/statcompiler/). Note that the most recent data points for NMR and U5MR are final DHS results and that some of the other data points are modelled or adjusted data from DHS.