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Cover of the "Levels & Trends in Child Mortality" 2023 report. Features a smiling child in a striped sweater, with text indicating collaboration between IGME, UNICEF, WHO, World Bank Group, and the UN. Background is bright blue.

Aug 15, 2024

UN IGME Child Mortality 2023 Report

The annual report shows levels and trends of child mortality, published by the United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME).

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A family of three stands smiling in front of a brick structure on a sunny day. The woman wears a patterned saree, the man is in a light shirt, and the young girl is in a bright pink outfit. A bucket is on the ground nearby.

Aug 14, 2024

Global Burden of Disease IHME Report

The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) uses data from the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) to highlight trends in child health. Researchers found that global life expectancy increased by 6.2 years between 1990 and 2021, due mainly to r...

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A woman in a colorful saree holds a young child in a green outfit while standing in an urban alley. The image is part of the cover for the "Pneumonia & Diarrhea Progress Report 2023" by Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and IVAC.

Aug 14, 2024

2023 Pneumonia & Diarrhea Progress Report Card

Although great progress continues to be made, the burden of pneumonia and diarrhea continues to be deeply inequitable, with over 70% of under-five mortality concentrated in just 15 countries.

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A group of women, clad in vibrant traditional attire, sit in a room attentively watching a standing female instructor. Posters with educational content adorn the walls, creating a lively and engaging learning environment.

May 06, 2020

Prevent COVID-19's cascading impacts: lessons from DefeatDD

Prevent COVID-19's cascading impacts: lessons from DefeatDD For more than a decade, you’ve worked alongside us to call for a focus on children at the highest risk of deadly infections like diarrheal disease -- as well as pneumonia and other heal...

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Infographic showing the disproportionate impact of unsafe WASH in conflict zones. Children under 15 are 3 times more likely to die from diarrheal disease than violence in conflict. Children under 5 are 20 times more likely to die from diarrheal disease than violence in conflict.

Mar 22, 2019

Water under fire: the role of water in conflicts around the world

Water Under Fire aims to generate popular public support to improve children’s access to water in crises and to galvanize action for UNICEF’s Change Agenda, which calls on governments, partners, and parties to conflict to:

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May 08, 2018

Coordinate, integrate, invest

Investing in integrated actions in the early years of a child’s life creates a positive cycle that builds human capital, strengthens economies, reduces future healthcare costs and contributes to national development.

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Two young children are pictured close to the camera, with one child in an orange dress in the foreground and another child smiling in the background. The logos of the "Defeat DD" and "PATH" organizations are present along with the © Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation credit.

Nov 09, 2017

Stop the Cycle of Diarrheal Disease: A state of the field report

Childhood diarrhea deaths have decreased, but children are still getting sick and infections are a major problem. Children who survive an episode but are faced with repeated infections are more likely to suffer from lifelong cognitive and physical im...

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A young boy kneels in a muddy, polluted water source, holding up a container of dirty water. Text overlay reads, "Ending Cholera: A Global Roadmap to 2030." The background features shacks and scattered debris.

Oct 03, 2017

Ending Cholera: A Global Roadmap to 2030

By implementing this multisectoral strategy, the Global Task Force on Cholera Control (GTFCC) partners will support countries to reduce cholera deaths by 90 percent by 2030. The Global Roadmap is based on three strategic axes:

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A woman smiles as she feeds a young child with a spoon. The child, sitting on her lap and holding an orange cup, looks content while being fed. They are outside, against a rustic wall, in casual attire.

Feb 29, 2016

Progress over a Decade of Zinc and ORS Scale-up:

By end of 2015, diarrhea remained a leading killer of children under 5, claiming the lives of approximately 530,000 children annually. However, significant progress has been made over the past decade to scale up access to and use of zinc and ORS, whi...

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Jan 01, 2016

The 2016 Global Nutrition Report: From Promise to Impact, Ending Malnutrition by 2030

Few challenges facing the global community today match the scale of malnutrition, a condition that directly affects one in three people.

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