London, Sept 16 (ANI): The number of children under five who die each year has dropped from 12 million in 1990, to 7.6 million last year, the United Nations (UN) has said.
Better access to health care and immunisation is one of the reasons for the change, he BBC quoted a report by UNICEF and the World Health Organization, as saying.
However, they have warned that more needs to be done to reach UN development goals on reducing child mortality. About 21,000 children die every day from preventable causes.
He report said that the even the poorest regions have made progress, adding that child mortality in sub-Saharan Africa is declining twice as fast as it was a decade ago.
Sierra Leone in West Africa, one of the world's poorest nations that ranks among the top five countries, has reportedly made improvements in child mortality in the past decade. Other areas include Niger, Malawi and Liberia in Africa, and East Timor in South East Asia.
"Focusing greater investment on the most disadvantaged communities will help us save more lives, more quickly and more cost effectively," Anthony Lake, the executive director of UNICEF, said.
Many factors are contributing to reductions in child mortality, including better healthcare for newborns, prevention and treatment of childhood diseases, clean water and better nutrition, the report said. (ANI)
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