A Child Under 15 Dies Every Five Seconds Around the World - U.N. Report
September 18, 2018
September 18, 2018
WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- The World Bank issued the following news release:
An estimated 6.3 million children under 15 years of age died in 2017, or 1 every 5 seconds, mostly of preventable causes, according to new mortality estimates (https://uni.cf/child-mortality) released by UNICEF, the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Population Division and the World Bank Group.
The vast majority of these deaths - 5.4 million - occur in the first five years of lif . . .
An estimated 6.3 million children under 15 years of age died in 2017, or 1 every 5 seconds, mostly of preventable causes, according to new mortality estimates (https://uni.cf/child-mortality) released by UNICEF, the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Population Division and the World Bank Group.
The vast majority of these deaths - 5.4 million - occur in the first five years of lif . . .