The latest report by the United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation has shown that the number of children who died before their fifth birthday has reached a historic low, dropping to 4.9 million in 2022.
The report released on Wednesday revealed that more children are surviving today than ever before, with the global under-five mortality rate declining by 51 per cent since 2000.
The UN IGME is led by the United Nations Children’s Fund and includes the World Health Organization, the World Bank Group, and the Population Division of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs.
