Topic: #childmortality

Fewer under-5s dying worldwide – but ‘a long road’ until the end of preventable early deaths

The number of children worldwide dying before their fifth birthday has reached ‘a historic low’, says the United Nations (UN). More children than ever before are surviving early childhood today, with the global under-5 mortality rate...Read more

13-03-2024|Comment|author: Simon Weedy

United Nations: A child or youth died once every 4.4 seconds in 2021

Around five million children died before their fifth birthday and another 2.1 million children and youth aged 5–24 years lost their lives in 2021, according to a new report.Read more

11-01-2023|Comment|author: Simon Weedy

UNICEF: ‘Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has put four million more children in poverty’

The economic fall-out from Russia’s unlawful invasion of Ukraine has thrown some four million children into poverty across eastern Europe and Central Asia, according to a report by charity UNICEF.Read more

17-10-2022|Comment|author: Simon Weedy