�More details:�The state of the world's children 2005
Infant mortality

HIV/Aids pandemic

Education

Conflict

Child labour

Infant mortality
Unicef says that one billion children are denied the basic services required to survive, grow and develop. They fall prey to poverty, war and disease; particularly HIV/Aids. In parts of sub-Saharan Africa child mortality rates are on the rise because of Aids. In some countries almost a third of children will die before their fifth birthday.