It’s difficult to compare countries because they don’t always measure infant mortality in the same way.| Our World in Data
How has child mortality declined worldwide across the last two centuries?| Our World in Data
Henry Oliver on the Perils of Socialism Without Marmalade| therepublicofletters.substack.com
By Anthony Kamande| www.equals.ink
In most rich countries, child mortality has more than halved in the last thirty years; we know we can go further.| Our World in Data
It is wrong to think these three statements contradict each other. We need to see that they are all true to see that a better world is possible.| Our World in Data
The majority of people believe that the share of people in extreme poverty is rising. The opposite is true.| Our World in Data
OR: The Three Sirens of Entropy| www.experimental-history.com
We live in a world in which ten children die every minute.| Our World in Data
A blog about civilisation, CS, math, physics, and reviews of books on these topics.| www.strataoftheworld.com
Are you a pessimistic optimist or a cheerful pessimist?| bhuvan.substack.com
Your one-stop-shop to understand all the core ideas of AI & AI Safety!| aisafety.dance
Thanks to improvements in global health, more than 100 million children have been saved since 1990.| Our World in Data
How is the burden of disease distributed and how did it change over time?| Our World in Data
The chances that a newborn survives childhood have increased from 50% to 96% globally. How do we know about the mortality of children in the past? And what can we learn from it for our future?| Our World in Data
Very few think the world is making progress. In this article, we look at the history of global living conditions and show that the world has made immense progress in important aspects.| Our World in Data
What could be more tragic than a mother losing her life in the moment that she is giving birth to her newborn? Why are mothers dying and what can be done to prevent these deaths?| Our World in Data
France was once Europe’s superpower, thanks above all to its enormous population. Its decline coincided with a collapse in its birth rate – now we know why.| worksinprogress.co
Looking at the evidence as comprehensively as I can.| Cold Takes
Humanity eradicated this infectious disease globally. How was this possible?| Our World in Data
But now I know that most of the alternatives are much worse| zionlights.substack.com
How does the number of children vary across the world and over time? What is driving the rapid global change?| Our World in Data
Why are the triumphs of public health and medicine a footnote in the history books?| adjacentpossible.substack.com