MALAWI / CHILD MORTALITY
To help in the fight for child survival, an outreach programme in Malawi brings health care closer to communities. UNICEF
To help in the fight for child survival, an outreach programme in Malawi brings health care closer to communities. UNICEF
UNHCR special envoy Angelina Jolie continued her tour of countries hosting large numbers of refugees from Syria, in a bid to highlight the plight of people fleeing the conflict. UNHCR
The UN expert on the right to safe drinking water and sanitation, Catarina de Albuquerque talks about how the stigmatisation of some groups and communities, such as homeless people, the Roma and Dalit, is accelerated by a lack of water and sanitation. OHCHR / FILE
Sub-Saharan Africa carries the highest burden of child mortality, and children from poor rural areas are much more likely to die before their fifth birthday than those in urban areas. Despite the challenges, Niger has seen a sixty percent decline in under-five mortality since 1990. UNICEF