Not so long ago the humanity entered the new millennium. Thuswise, it is relevant to speculate about certain results of human activity. Its major direction in whichever sphere, including health care, is progress and advancement that' why I decided to write my memo for me in such area. One of the crucial issues regarding public health is infant mortality. Reducing it is among so-called Millennium Development Goals, a set of tasks the United Nations were to complete by 2015. However, the attainability of the given goal is an ambiguous issue as it varies around the globe along with the determinants of health.