Poorest children more likely to die young in developing countries

By Maria Caspani NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A "lottery of birth" is at play in many developing countries where poorer, socially disadvantaged children are more likely to die than their more fortunate peers, according to a leading children's charity. Save the Children said that in 78 percent of the 87 low and middle income countries it analyzed in its "Lottery of Birth" report, at least one social or economic group was lagging behind and making slower progress in reducing child mortality. In 16 percent of those countries, the gap in child mortality rates had increased across all social and economic groups. "In this day and age, it is scandalous that so many children's chances of survival across the world is purely a matter of whether or not they were lucky enough to be born into an affluent family who can access quality healthcare," Jonathan Glennie, director of policy and research at Save the Children, said in a statement.



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