More must be done to stop babies from dying the day they are born, UN agencies said in a new report on Thursday.
‘The Levels and Trends in Child Mortality 2017’, released by the Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (IGME) said estimated 7,000 newborns die daily in spite of the drop in under-five mortality rate.
The report argued that life-saving know-how and technologies must be made readily available – particularly in Southern Asia and sub-Saharan Africa – where they are most needed.
The IGME report said the number of children dying before age five is at a new low of 5.6 million in 2016 compared with nearly 9.9 million in 2000.
It, however, said the proportion of newborn deaths during that period has jumped from 41 to 46 percent or 7,000 babies.
IGME comprised of the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the World Health Organisation (WHO), the…
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