Those who survived face many miseries.
Many premature babies do not survive, and many who survive face lifelong disabilities and chronic illnesses.
"Children are being killed by bombs or bullets and those that survive face the growing threat of disease and malnutrition.
Infection is a constant threat, and patients who survive face multiple skin grafts and months, even years, of physical therapy.
In Ghana, West Africa, babies born with disabilities are routinely poisoned or left to die alone; those who survive face a lifetime of begging on the streets.
Many of those who survive face discrimination, prejudice, violence and neglect all their lives, as single or married women.
Those that survive face the possibility of prison sentences of two to eight years.
Many of those who do survive face problems such as lung conditions, learning difficulties and cerebral palsy.
Child casualty rates in the Syrian conflict are the highest in any recent conflict in the region, and those who survive face violent and unstable conditions during their formative years.
Those who survive face diminished chances of living a healthy and productive existence.
