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More children are surviving than ever in history – but not in sub-Saharan Africa

Source link : https://www.afric.info/2024/03/14/news/more-children-are-surviving-than-ever-in-history-but-not-in-sub-saharan-africa/

A child has his arm measured at a health centre for starving children in Kananga, DRC. (AFP) The annual death rate of children under 5 is down by more than half since 2000. However, in sub-Saharan Africa, that rate remains stubbornly high. Niger has the worst record in Africa, with 117.2 deaths per 1 000 […]

Author : AFRICA-NEWS

Publish date : 2024-03-14 07:55:16

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