UN: Childhood Deaths at Record Low, but Progress 'Precarious'

FILE - A child receives an oral Malaria vaccine at Chileka Health Center, in Lilongwe, Malawi in this undated handout photo from UNICEF.

The number of children worldwide who died before age 5 reached a record low in 2022, the United Nations said in a report published Tuesday, as for the first time fewer than 5 million died.