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One of the crowning achievements in global health is at risk of coming undone.

Between 2000 and 2020, the number of children who die before they hit their 5th birthday dropped by half — from nearly 10 million deaths a year to under 5 million deaths a year.

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[–] Broadfern@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Abject cruelty and hatred, plus blatant genocide? The people who make a game of killing kids should be subject to their own treatment being turned on them in kind.

[–] alias_qr_rainmaker@lemmy.world -2 points 2 days ago

more children under five are dying now than previously because there are more people now than there were previously

there are more slaves now too