6.6 million children under 5 died last year, UN finds

Friday, September 13, 2013 - 15:00 in Health & Medicine

Childhood death rates around the world have halved since 1990 but an estimated 6.6 million children under the age of 5 still died last year, the U.N. children's agency says.

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