Newsweek

Child Deaths Set To Rise For First Time This Century, Report

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The number of children dying before their fifth birthday is projected ...
Time

For the First Time This Century, Child Mortality Is Likely to Rise

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 24: Bill Gates attend a meeting of Bloomberg at the Plaza Hote on September 23, 2025 in New York City. Queen Maxima visits New York in her capacity as United Nations ...
Wall Street Journal

For First Time in Decades, Child Deaths Will Rise This Year

One of the greatest public-health achievements of recent decades has been driving down child mortality around the world. Now, that long-running decline is reversing. The number of deaths of children ...
NPR

For the first time this century, child deaths under age 5 will likely rise. Why?

One of the crowning achievements in global health is at risk of coming undone. Between 2000 and 2020, the number of children who die before they hit their 5th birthday dropped by half — from nearly 10 ...
Reuters

Child deaths will rise for first time this century after aid cuts, says Gates

LONDON, Dec 4 (Reuters) - Around 200,000 more children will likely die before their fifth birthday this year than in 2024 - the first increase in preventable child deaths this century - in the wake of ...