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One of the crowning achievements in global health is at risk of coming undone. Between 2000 and 2020, the number of children who died before their fifth birthday was cut in half, but new research suggests that 2025 will be the first time this century that child deaths have gone up instead of down. NPR's Gabrielle Emanuel has more.
GABRIELLE EMANUEL, BYLINE: In 2000, worldwide, nearly 10 million kids died before they hit 5 years old.
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