The fight against child mortality has reached an historic milestone the UN announced on Wednesday with latest estimates revealing the number of children dying prematurely before their fifth birthday fell to 4.9 million in 2022.
The number of children who died before their fifth birthday has reached a historic low, dropping to 4.9 million in 2022. This is according to the latest estimates released on Wednesday by the United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the global under-five mortality