Globally in 2023, an estimated 13 per cent of adolescent girls and young women give birth before age 18. Early childbearing, or pregnancy and delivery during adolescence, can derail girls’ otherwise healthy development into adulthood and have negative impacts on their education, livelihoods and health. Many girls who are pregnant are pressured or forced to drop out of …

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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 …

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 ...

MICS Since its inception in 1995, the Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys, known as MICS, has become the largest source of…

Goal 3 aims to ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all, at all ages. Health and well-being are important at every stage of one’s life, starting from the beginning. This goal addresses all major health priorities: reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health; communicable and non-communicable diseases; universal health coverage; and access for all …

Goal 4 aims to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all. This goal supports the reduction of disparities and inequities in education, both in terms of access and quality. It recognizes the need to provide quality education for all, and most especially vulnerable populations, including poor children, children living […]

Apr 9, 2025 · Maternal mortality declined by 40 per cent between 2000 and 2023 Maternal mortality refers to deaths due to complications from pregnancy or childbirth. From 2000 to 2023, the global maternal mortality ratio (MMR) declined by 40 per cent – from 328 deaths to 197 deaths per 100,000 live births, according to UN inter-agency estimates. This translates into an …

May 16, 2024 · Immunization is one of the most cost-effective public health interventions, averting an estimated 4.4 million deaths yearly[1] In 2023, global coverage of the third dose of diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis (DTP3) vaccine – often used as a marker of how well countries are providing routine immunization services to children – stagnated at 84 per cent. Although there has been …

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