Aid cuts threaten decades of progress in reducing child deaths and stillbirths, warns UN

Decades of progress in improving childhood survival are being put at risk because of major cuts to aid funding, the United Nations has warned.

In a report1 published on 25 March the UN found that the number of children dying globally before their 5th birthday has more than halved from 10.1m in 2000 to 4.8m in 2023. Stillbirths have declined modestly, from 2.9m in 2000 to …