The United Nations recently released figures saying that almost five million children died in 2021 worldwide before their fifth birthday, with 47 per cent of them dying during their first month only.

Five million kids die before fifth birthday, mostly in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia: UN

India's child mortality rate has declined substantially between 1990 and 2019 but the country, along with Nigeria, still accounted for almost a third of all under-five deaths last year, according to a new report which warned that COVID-19 pandemic threatens to undo decades of progress in eliminating preventable child deaths globally.

India's child mortality rate declined between 1990 and 2019: United Nations

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Five million kids die before fifth birthday, mostly in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia: UN

India's child mortality rate declined between 1990 and 2019: United Nations