Despite being one of the Western world’s richest countries, the UK still has more to do in the fight against infant mortality.
The UK currently has the highest rate of infant mortality in Western Europe with approximately 5 children per 1,00 live births not living past 5-years-old.
This is almost double the number for the likes of Iceland, Sweden, Cyprus and Luxembourg.
Other countries like the USA were also found to be slow in combating the causes of infant mortality.
The situation in developing countries proved more hopefully however with the number of deaths amongst under-fives showing a sharp decline following efforts against Malaria and HIV as well as the emphasis on wide-spread vaccination programmes.
Medical developments in African countries subsequently led to the UK falling from 12th best country against infant mortality in 1970 to 33rd best in 2010.
