Children have the right to good quality health care, clean water, nutritious food and a clean environment so that they will stay healthy. Richer countries should help poorer countries achieve this.

Globally 3.9% of all children die before reaching the age of five, which means that on average 15,000 children die every day.

Sources:

https://www.unicef.org.au/Upload/UNICEF/Media/Our%20work/childfriendlycrc.pdf                                                      https://www.ohchr.org/en/professionalinterest/pages/crc.aspx

https://ourworldindata.org/child-mortality#child-mortality-is-an-everyday-tragedy-of-enormous-scale-that-rarely-makes-the-headlines

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