Fifth Birthday and Beyond

Did you know that 6.6 million children under 5 years old will not reach their birthdays this year, dying mostly of preventable diseases? And, 18,000 children die a day – 44 percent of whom die during the newborn period?

The numbers are staggering, and it’s hard to believe that they used to be worse. Since 1990, U.S. foreign assistance programs have helped cut in half the annual number of deaths of children under 5. According to UNICEF, in the last 12 years, 700,000 fewer children died of pneumonia; 600,000 fewer children died of diarrhea; 400,000 fewer children died of measles; 300,000 fewer children died of malaria; and 100,000 fewer children died of AIDS.
Læs mere her!