Without adequate care, a child’s earliest years can be the deadliest in many low-resource countries.
The health risks for children are more severe the younger the child: as a global average, 85% of childhood deaths occur in children less than five years old, but 47% of those deaths are in the newborn period – the first 28 days of life.
Children under 15 years of age make up more than 60% of patients in our projects, and many arrive in a critical condition or in the late stages of an illness. There are still many gaps in appropriate drugs, tools, protocols and staff for treating these young patients.
Figures about our response on child health
Data and information from MSF
596K+
children under 5 admitted to hospital by MSF in 2022
5.7M+
MSF outpatient consultations for children under 5 in 2022
