INTERACTIVE FEATURE
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Unicef supplied
29 million mosquito nets
to developing countries in 2013
Almost 1/3 deaths
among under fives could be avoided with vaccination
Over 500 million Vitamin A treatments
were given out in 2013
There are more than
10,000 health workers
in villages around Malawi
Breastfeeding could save over
800,000 children
each year in the developing world
Rhoda and her family live in the village of Kansikiri
Her brother Isaac died when he was aged two
In Malawi
41,039 children
under five died in 2013
For every
100 child deaths
Over a third
died within four weeks of being born
Deaths under the age of five per 1,000 births
In 1990
12.7 million
children died before their fifth birthday
The goal was to reduce child mortality by two-thirds by 2015
By 2013, deaths had only halved to
6.3 million
However, more than
99,387,000
children under five have been saved since 1990
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