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A child, youth died every 4.4 seconds in 2021: United Nations report

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As per the World Health Organisation's latest data, in 2021, five million children died before they celebrated their 5th birthday. 2.1 million older children and young people lost their lives. This meant that one child or youth died every 4.4 seconds due to the lack of access to quality healthcare. UN IGME in its report released on Tuesday found that 1.9 million babies were stillborn during the same period