10,000 fewer children dying daily

The number of children worldwide dying before age five dropped 28 percent between 1990 and 2008, according to the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), or 10,000 fewer children are dying each day. UNICEF says while the trend is encouraging improvement is coming too slowly. "This is good and bad news," said UNICEF spokesperson in West Africa Gaelle Bausson. "Drops continue and the trend is on the right track, but the number of children dying is still unacceptable and in some regions the rate of progress is very slow."