UN: World must act to stop children dying

The United Nations' children's agency has warned that 69 million under-fives will die from preventable causes between now and 2030 unless countries speed up action to improve health and education for the most disadvantaged.

Unicef's annual State of the World's Children Report, said that based on recent trends and projected population growth, 167 million children would also live in extreme poverty, 60 million would not be attending primary school and 750 million women would have been married as children by 2030.