UN Report | A child or youth died once every 4.4 seconds in 2021

News Release: A child or youth died once every 4.4 seconds in 2021 – UN report – Word Health Organization

UN Reports: 

Levels and trends in child mortality- United Nations Inter -Agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME), Report 2022

Never Forgotten – The situation of stillbirth around the globe

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The death of every child is an enormous tragedy.

In 2021:
♦️ 5 million children died before their 5th birthday
♦️ 2.1 million older children & young people lost their lives

That’s 1 loss every 4.4 seconds!

Most of these deaths were preventable with access to quality healthcare

— World Health Organization (WHO) (@WHO) January 10, 2023