Sierra Leone had the highest child mortality rate, with 270 deaths per 1,000 births.
"We cut the child mortality rate by 75% in the past five decades," he said.
Now it has "achieved" the highest child mortality rate in the world.
A 40percentt infant and child mortality rate sounds shocking now.
Between 1990 and 2012, the global child mortality rate almost halved.
Pakistan has the second highest child mortality rate in South Asia.
Poor quality in some of these centres appears to be contributing to the UK's high child mortality rate.
In Congo, the child mortality rate rose by about 25percentto to 125 deaths per 1,000 live births.
The child mortality rate is estimated at about 50 per 1,000 live births in Myanmar, Bainvel said.
The child mortality rate for households who stayed in place after the earthquake was similar to those in camps.
We're healthier, and so are our children – child mortality has greatly decreased, and a low child mortality rate is directly tied to reproductive healthcare and reproductive rights.
