"Our hope is that CIFF’s journey will be useful for all
who aim to make development more impactful."

Source: WHO, World Health Statistics 2007⁸

Definition:

Deaths among children aged 28 days to 5 years.

Transformative Goal:

Quantum reduction in under-five morbidity and mortality

Defining the Global Challenge

• Despite a 27% global decline in child mortality rates over the last decade, ¹ 9.7 million children per year still die before the age of five ². Over half of these deaths occur in Africa, ³ while India accounts for more than 2 million annual deaths, more than any other single country. ²
• The great majority of under five deaths are due to preventable diseases that are rarely fatal in the developed world. More than 90% of global mortality among children under 18 occurs before the age of five years. ⁵
• 38% of total under-five deaths occur in the neonatal period, with 75% of these deaths occurring in the first week of life.⁴
• Maternal mortality is a major contributing factor to child mortality, increasing a child’s likelihood of death within two years of his/her mother’s death by ten times.⁶

CIFF Investments in Child Survival