September 15, 2011 12: 41 GMT date 
Afghan children against polio which each year has a number of children are dying under five fell from 12 million in 1990 to 7.6 million last year which says UN will be vaccinated.
The reasons for the change include greater access to health care and immunization, says a report by UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO).
But they warn that it must be more to be done to UN development goals on reducing child mortality.
Approximately 21,000 children still die every day from preventable causes.
But also the poorest regions have progress. Infant mortality in sub-Saharan Africa is twice as fast as a decade ago was declining.
"Focus on more investment to the disadvantaged communities helps us to save more lives, faster and more cost-effective effectively," said Anthony Lake, the Managing Director of UNICEF.
Many factors contribute to a reduction in child mortality, including better health care for newborns, prevention and treatment of childhood diseases, drinking water and better nutrition.
Most improvedSierra Leone in West Africa - one of the world's poorest countries - is one of the top five countries see improvements in infant mortality over the last decade. The others were, Malawi, Niger and Liberia - also in Africa and East Timor in South East Asia.
One of the reasons for the success of Sierra Leone is that the Government all charges for child and the health of mothers, scrapped, said Ian PETT, the head of the health systems of UNICEF.
About half of all deaths under five years in the world found in only five countries in 2010 - India, China, Pakistan, Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Children are particularly vulnerable. More than 40% of deaths in children under five within the first month of life and more than 70% in the first year of life occur, according to the report.
To reach in sub-Saharan Africa one of eight children five years ago. This compares with one in 143 children die in the developed countries, five years ago.
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