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Decades of Progress in Child Survival Under Threat as COVID-19 Disrupts Global Health Services
For the past thirty years, the global community has celebrated a remarkable, consistent victory in the fight against preventable death. In 1990, the world recorded 12.5 million deaths of children under the age of five. By 2019, that figure had plummeted to an all-time low of 5.2 million. This downward trend, documented by the United…
