For the First Time This Century, Child Mortality Is Likely to Rise

The latest report from the Gates Foundation predicts an alarming trend for the health of children around the world.

For the first time this century, child deaths under age 5 will likely rise. Why?

A dramatic drop in mortality for youngsters under age 5 has been one of the great accomplishments in global health. But estimates suggest that in 2025 child deaths will go up.
News Medical

Research reveals decline in childhood mortality extended US women's lifespan by a year

In a recent article published in the journal Scientific Reports, Matthew Zipple of Cornell University, USA, used mathematical modeling to assess the impact of childhood mortality in the United States ...

Why are childhood deaths worldwide expected to rise?

The foundation’s 2025 Goalkeepers Report said that in 2024, 4.6 million children died before turning 5. The projection for ...
Observer

Gates Foundation Warns Child Deaths Rising as Global Aid Cuts Mount

Child mortality is expected to rise for the first time in decades as wealthy nations cut global health funding, the Gates ...

Child deaths projected to rise for first time this century, as aid cuts reverse decades of progress

The number of children who die before age 5 is expected to rise for the first time this century, amid sweeping cuts to global health funding by high-income countries, according to a new report from ...
CNN

Childhood cancer mortality has fallen significantly in the US, but disparities have emerged, CDC report shows

The death rate for cancer among children in the United States is a quarter lower than it was two decades ago, but the declines haven’t been equitable across all groups, according to a report published ...
NPR

A U.N. report has good and dire news about child deaths. What's the take-home lesson?

Every 4.4 seconds in 2021, a child or young person died. About 5 million children died before their fifth birthday, and another 2.1 million died between the ages of 5 and 24. Most of those deaths ...

Malnutrition not identified as cause of infant, child mortality in India: Minister in Rajya Sabha

Stressing that malnutrition is not identified as a cause of infant and child mortality in India, the centre on Wednesday said ...