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1 child dies in world, in every 5 seconds: UN report

Geneva, Sep 18 (UNI) Around 6.3 million children under the age of 15, died from mostly preventable causes last year, the equivalent to 1 child dying every 5 seconds, according to a new report compiled by a group of United Nations agencies.
Newborn babies account for half of the deaths. The new mortality estimates study was released on Monday by the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), the World Health Organisation (WHO), the UN Population Division and the World Bank.
According to Laurence Chandy, UNICEF Research Director, major progress in reducing child mortality has been made in the last quarter century, with the toll dropping by more than half since 1990, but ''millions are still dying because of who they are, and where they are born''.
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