UNICEF says the number of children dying before the age of five has fallen significantly in the past 20 years.
The UN agency said about 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 immunising against common diseases.
