Sub-Saharan Africa continues to be the region with the highest under-five mortality rate in the world—78 deaths per 1,000 live births. In 2018, 1 in 13 children

Sub-Saharan Africa continues to be the region with the highest under-five mortality rate in the world—78 deaths per 1,000 live births. In 2018, 1 in 13 children in sub-Saharan Africa died before reaching her or his fifth birthday—15 times higher than the risk for children born in high-income countries. [1] The West is pretty much avoiding that specific scenario. [1] - https://data.unicef.org/topic/child-survival/under-five-mortality/#:~:text=Sub%2DSaharan%20Africa%20continues%20to,born%20in%20high%2Dincome%20countries https://data.unicef.org/topic/child-survival/under-five-mort....