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Child deaths: Unicef says global mortality rates fall
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-19581433
In Pakistan levels of mortality in children under five increased last year
The number of children dying before the age of five has fallen significantly over the past 20 years, the UN children's agency Unicef has said.
Some 6.9 million children died before the age of five last year, compared to 12 million such deaths in 1990. Almost 19,000 under-fives died daily in 2011.
Unicef said some of the reduction was due to poorer countries getting richer.
But some was also due to well-targeted aid such as encouraging breastfeeding or immunizing against common diseases.
