Global child mortality rates dropped in 2022 but progress slow, UN says
London, UK Reuters The number of children globally who died before their fifth birthday dropped to a record low of 4.9 million in 2022, but that still represents one death every six seconds, according to new United Nations estimates. While the mortality rate for under-5s has roughly halved since 2000, the world is still behind […]
Australian PM looks to replace “failing” Indigenous policy
Sydney, AustraliaReuters Australia is on track to meet just two of its targets aimed at improving the lives of its Indigenous people, including increasing life expectancy and improving literacy, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Tuesday. In 2007, Australia introduced seven targets designed to address inequalities that see the country’s 700,000 Indigenous people track near […]
Malnutrition, child deaths plague India’s tribal people, says government
Thomson Reuters Foundation India’s indigenous children are far more likely to die or suffer from malnutrition than those from other communities, according to the first government study on health among tribal groups. Among indigenous communities, 57 out of every 1,000 children die before age five, compared to 37 deaths in other social groups, according to […]
More must be done to save newborns, say UN agencies, as report shows 7,000 died every day in 2016
More must be done to stop babies from dying the day they are born, UN agencies have said after a new report shows that while the number of under five deaths is at a new low globally, the proportion of newborn deaths has risen significantly in the past 16 years. Released this week, the Levels and […]
Investing in health of world’s poorest children delivers more bang for bucks, study finds
Investing in the health and survival of the most deprived children and communities delivers more value for money than investments in less deprived groups – saving almost twice as many lives for every million dollars spent, according to a new report from UNICEF. The report’s findings give weight to claims made by UNICEF several years […]