INFANT MORTALITY IN AFRICA: DOWNWARD TRAJECTORY AND A SAFER FUTURE

A lot of progress has been made in Africa over the last few decades, but there can be few examples more crucial to the continent than this. According to German research company Statista, in 1955, infant mortality was at 183 – that’s 183 children under the age of one dying for every 1,000 live births. That figure has decreased dramatically in the years since, with progress as of 2020 marked by a reduction of 136 – making the infant mortality rate 47.