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Pneumonia kills more children than any other infectious disease, claiming the lives of over 700,000 children under 5 every year, or around 2,000 every day. This includes around 190,000 newborns. Almost all of these deaths are preventable. Globally, there are over 1,400 cases of pneumonia per 100,000 children, or 1 case per 71 children every year, with the greatest …

Diarrhoea is a leading killer of children, accounting for approximately 9 per cent of all deaths among children under age 5 worldwide in 2021. This translates to over 1,200 young children dying each day, or about 444,000 children a year, despite the availability of a simple treatment solution.

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Maternal mortality declined by 34 per cent between 2000 and 2020 Maternal mortality refers to deaths due to complications from pregnancy or childbirth. From 2000 to 2020, the global maternal mortality ratio (MMR) declined by 34 per cent – from 339 deaths to 223 deaths per 100,000 live births, according to UN inter-agency estimates. This translates into an average annual rate of …

Adolescence is a critical and formative period in which individuals begin their transition from childhood to adulthood. Ensuring that adolescents are fully supported in all facets of life, including their mental health and well-being, is critical for fostering this transition and laying the foundation for healthy and productive adulthoods. Mental health conditions constitute a major burden of ...

Female genital mutilation (FGM) refers to “all procedures involving partial or total removal of the female external genitalia or other injury to the female genital organs for non-medical reasons.”[1] FGM is a violation of girls’ and women’s human rights. Around the world, over 230 million girls and women have been cut. Africa accounts for the largest share of this total, with over 144 ...

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Jul 1, 2024 · Adolescents and young people represent a growing share of people living with HIV worldwide. In 2023 alone, 360,000 [240,000-480,000] young people between the ages of 15 to 24 were newly infected with HIV, of whom 140,000 [39,000-240,000] were adolescents between the ages of 15 and 19. To compound this, most recent data indicate that only 29 per cent of …