Progress in Reducing Child Mortality Has Slowed, UN Report Finds

Reductions in child mortality have slowed around the world and even stalled in some places, with communities in sub-Saharan Africa and southern Asia particularly at risk, a United Nations report has found.

Nearly 7 million people died before turning 25 in 2024, with 4.9 million children dying before the age of 5, according to an analysis released late Tuesday by the UN entities that estimate child and adolescent mortality.