Effort to Stem Deaths Among Children Falls Short of Goals, Report Says

Death rates for children in developing countries lag behind U.N. goals, an annual report from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation shows

Nearly two-thirds of children in developing countries live in villages, cities or regions where deaths under 5 years of age aren’t declining rapidly enough to meet United Nations goals, according to a new report released Tuesday. .

The findings come from “Goalkeepers,” an annual report card published by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation on the progress countries are making to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals—targets for 2030 agreed on by U.N. member countries.

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