Infant Mortality

One death every 11 seconds among babies and pregnant mothers – UN

Data shows 6.2 million children worldwide died in 2018 before their 15th birthday and that more than 290,000 women died due to complications during pregnancy and childbirth in 2017.

Racial disparity in infant mortality remains a huge concern in US

The infant mortality rate is almost twice as high for African-American babies as for their white counterparts, says the US government.

Romania struggles to bring down highest infant mortality rate in EU

Around eight out of every 1000 babies dies before the age of one in Romania. Around 43,000 doctors have left the country since 2007 to look for better opportunities elsewhere.

UNICEF says Nigeria has one of world’s highest infant mortality rate

Around 103 babies out of 1,000 live births die in Nigeria's Masaka town.

Newborn deaths fall in India after new initiative by government

Infant mortality rates continue to drop in India thanks to a government funded network of female health workers.

UNICEF: Pakistan has the worst infant mortality rate in the world

Pakistan spends less than one percent of its GDP on health and experts say that's kept the high infant mortality rate from improving.