North Korea's estimated mortality rate for children under age 5 reached 18 per 1,000 live births in 2023, marking two consecutive years of increase during the COVID-19 pandemic, United Nations data ...

[1] For example, the global under-five mortality rate has decreased from 90 to 56 deaths per 1000 live births. [2] This includes a 99% reduction in incidence rates of devastating, yet vaccine ...

A study published in the "Nature" magazine this year has revealed that the Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) has contributed significantly in reducing infant and under-five mortality rates across the ...

During the three-year COVID-19 pandemic, the maternal mortality rate has maintained an average annual decline rate of approximately four percent, while infant and under-five mortality rates ...

The paper analyzed data from a CDC database that is different from the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System hit hard ...

Angola, Bhutan, Bolivia, Cabo Verde, India, Morocco, Senegal, Tanzania and Zambia have all cut their under-five mortality rate by more than two thirds since 2000. In 2000, the country with the ...

The NIH analysis saw the increase over five years and called the issue “an urgent public health priority.” Almost one-third of the pregnancy-related deaths took place between six weeks to a year after ...

while both the infant mortality rate and the under-five mortality rate have seen average annual decreases of approximately 5 percent. Notable progress has also been made in the prevention and ...

and under-five mortality rates and increased first-trimester antenatal check-ups. RANCHI: On the eve of World Health Day, health experts highlighted Jharkhand's remarkable progress in reducing ...

and a mortality rate of 5.6 per 1,000 for children under the age of five, according to health authorities. In recent years, China has seen consistent improvements in maternal and child health.