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

HIV/Aids pandemic

Education

Conflict

Child labour

Education
Achieving universal primary education is one of the UN Millennium Development Goals. However, more than 121 million children of primary school age are currently out of school. The majority of them are girls. Schools are particularly important in times of conflict, providing physical protection and injecting normalcy into children's lives.