Table 1

Participating countries: mortality rates and number of deaths from pneumonia and diarrhoea in children under the age of 5 years in 2013

Regional workshopParticipating countriesMortality rate in children below the age of 5 years in 2013 (deaths per 1000 live births)Number of deaths in children below the age of 5 years from pneumonia in 2013Number of deaths in children below the age of 5 years from diarrhoea in 2013
Nairobi, Kenya
January 2011
108 participants
Ethiopia6434 56518 534
Ghana7880954750
Kenya7118 57610 515
Malawi6854653003
Nigeria117120 19976 938
United Republic of Tanzania5214 2637087
Uganda6615 4548383
Zambia8775504563
M'bour, Senegal
May 2011
72 participants
Benin8545242798
Burkina Faso9896636417
Chad14814 15710 125
Democratic Republic of the Congo11949 59833 730
Mali12313 1809334
Niger10415 25610 141
Senegal5536281866
Dhaka, Bangladesh
September 2011
95 participants
Bangladesh4117 6558298
Bhutan368639
Democratic People's Republic of Korea271633533
India53177 508140 451
Indonesia2922 2207505
Maldives1061
Myanmar5169603378
Nepal4033491554
Sri Lanka1023272
Thailand13742251
Timor Leste55408214
Kigali, Rwanda
October 2011
63 participants
Angola16726 39222 465
Burundi8364834094
Cote d'Ivoire10010 7466985
Cameroun9512 7188497
Madagascar5679824096
Rwanda5238502028
Guinea10155713341
Togo8528941728
Khartoum, Sudan
November 2012
75 participants
Sudan7717 26510 507
Somalia14612 1448276
  • Source: references.1–3