Infant mortality has halved since 1990, but there's still work to be done

Mar 31, 2017

A typhoon survivor drinks coffee as he takes a break from rebuilding the roof of his typhoon damaged house in Tacloban city in central Philippines December 18, 2013. Super typhoon Haiyan reduced almost everything in its path to rubble when it swept ashore in the central Philippines on November 8, killing at least 6,069 people, leaving 1,779 missing and 4 million either homeless or with damaged homes. REUTERS/Erik De Castro (PHILIPPINES - Tags: DISASTER SOCIETY) - RTX16N4M

Simple measures are preventing infant mortality in the developing world. Image: REUTERS/Erik De Castro

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