The number of children who died before their fifth birthday has reached a historic low, dropping to 4.9 million in 2022, according to the latest estimates released by the United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME) from Geneva on Wednesday. "Behind these numbers lie the stories of midwives
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South Asia sees rise in child deaths due to COVID-19 disruptions
Severe disruptions in health services due to the COVID-19 pandemic may have resulted in an additional 239,000 child and maternal deaths in South Asia last year, United Nations agencies said on Wednesday. In a new report, UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), World Health Organization (WHO) and UN Population Fund (UNFPA) said that