accelerated literacy programmes for women. B. Nutrition (i) Reduction in severe, as well as moderate malnutrition among under-5 children by half of 1990 levels; (ii) Reduction of the rate of low birth weight (2.5 kg or less) to 1ess than 10 per cent; (iii) Reduction of iron deficiency anaemia in women by one third of the 1990 levels; (iv) Virtual elimination of iodine deficiency disorders; (v) Virtual elimination of vitamin A deficiency and its consequences, including blindness; (vi) Empowerment of all women to breast-feed their children exclusively for four to six months and to continue breast-feeding, with complementary food, well into the second year; (vii) Growth promotion and its regular monitoring to be institutionalized in all countries by the end of the 1990s; (viii) Dissemination of knowledge and supporting services to increase food production to ensure household food security. C. Child health (i) Global eradication of poliomyelitis by the year 2000; (ii) Elimination of neonatal tetanus by 1995; (iii) Reduction by 95 per cent in measles deaths and reduction by 90 per cent of measles cases compared to pre-immunization levels by 1995, as a major step to the global eradication of measles in the longer run; 1 ••• E/ICEF/1990/L.20 English Page 20 (iv) Maintenance of a high level of immunization coverage (at least 90 per cent of children under one year of age by the year 2000} against diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus, measles, poliomyelitis, tuberculosis and against tetanus for women of child-bearing age; (v) Reduction by 50 per cent in the deaths due to diarrhoea in children under the age of five years and 25 per cent reduction in the diarrhoea incidence rate; (vi} Reduction by one third in the deaths due to acute respiratory infections in children under five years. D. Water and sanitation 