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Public health
fromwww.dw.com
5 days ago

DRC fighting worst cholera outbreak in 25 years UNICEF DW 12/08/2025

DRC faces its worst cholera outbreak since 2000 with 64,427 cases and 1,888 deaths amid inadequate water, sanitation, and underfunded response.
Public health
fromwww.aljazeera.com
6 days ago

Child mortality rates affected by cuts to aid budgets

Cuts to aid budgets are slowing progress on reducing global child mortality, with child deaths projected to rise for the first time this century.
Public health
fromwww.npr.org
1 week ago

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

Global under-five mortality, having halved from 2000–2020, is projected to rise in 2025 to about 4.8 million children, reversing decades of progress.
fromFortune
1 week ago

Bill Gates decries 'significant reversal in child deaths' as nearly 5 million kids will die before they turn 5 this year | Fortune

For the first time this century, the report finds, the number of children dying before their fifth birthday is projected to rise. Modeling conducted by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) reveals alarming statistics: In 2024, 4.6 million children died before turning five. In 2025, that number is projected to increase by just over 200,000, reaching an estimated 4.8 million children globally.
Public health
Public health
fromwww.npr.org
2 months ago

More than 20 kids in India have died from contaminated cough syrup. Who's to blame?

Contaminated cough syrup has repeatedly caused child fatalities worldwide, including recent deaths in India, driven by industrial chemical contamination and regulatory failures.
Public health
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Just money, with no strings attached': how direct cash transfers are giving women in rural Kenya a new life

Unconditional cash transfers substantially reduce child mortality and enable recipients to shift from dangerous, low-income activities to more secure livelihoods and better nutrition.
Medicine
fromNature
3 months ago

Will a child survive? Older siblings have a powerful influence

Girls with many close-in-age older brothers in 1750–1870 Switzerland had lower survival rates than girls without such brothers.
Public health
fromstateline.org
3 months ago

American kids are less likely to reach adulthood than foreign peers

U.S. children face nearly double the mortality of peers in other high-income nations, driven largely by prematurity, sudden infant death, firearms, and car crashes.
World news
fromwww.aljazeera.com
3 months ago

Cut in secret': Gambia anti-FGM activists fear babies targeted despite ban

Female genital mutilation persists in The Gambia despite a decade-long ban, causing severe harm and at least one infant death.
fromwww.mercurynews.com
4 months ago

Weisbrot: Rethink sanctions. They're killing as many people as war does.

Broad economic sanctions, primarily from the U.S., are estimated to kill approximately 564,000 people annually, predominantly children, reflecting a shift in how conflicts are waged.
US politics
Fundraising
fromFast Company
4 months ago

Philanthropy cannot be the global aid plan B

Global child mortality is likely to rise due to cuts in foreign aid, necessitating a reevaluation of philanthropy's role in tackling systemic global issues.
UK news
fromwww.independent.co.uk
5 months ago

Excavation begins for remains of 800 infants at Ireland home

Excavation of 802 infants' remains from an Irish church-run home highlights historical neglect and mortality among children.
fromwww.mediaite.com
5 months ago

Kris Kristof Rips DOGE Shutting USAID: Billions to Kill Kids

Because of the collapse of USAID, neither the local health worker nor the hospital had the really cheap malaria medicine, and the baby died.
Canada news
NYC parents
fromHarvard Gazette
6 months ago

Youth gun deaths rise in states that relaxed laws - Harvard Gazette

The 2010 Supreme Court ruling relaxed firearm laws, leading to a surge in child gun deaths in permissive states.
NYC parents
fromwww.npr.org
6 months ago

Marco Rubio said no one has died due to U.S. aid cuts. This mom disagrees

Cuts to U.S. foreign aid directly resulted in the death of a child in Nigeria, challenging official narratives about the impact of aid reductions.
Digital life
fromwww.theguardian.com
6 months ago

I've studied the history of death. I know how we can better face up to our grief and our own mortality | Molly Conisbee

Child mortality was a significant social change that shaped lives profoundly in previous generations.
Fundraising
fromwww.dw.com
7 months ago

Bill Gates pledges to give away his fortune by 2045 DW 05/10/2025

Bill Gates warns that USAID cuts could drastically increase child mortality in poor countries, criticizing Elon Musk's impact on foreign aid.
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