Levels & Trends in Child Mortality

Highlights

According to the UN IGME “Levels & Trends in Child Mortality Report 2025”, an estimated 4.9 million children worldwide died before their fifth birthday in 2024, highlighting both long-term progress globally and the urgent need to accelerate efforts to prevent child deaths. Kosovo’s experience illustrates how evidence-based policies, sustained investment, and targeted interventions can deliver measurable results.

Kosovo has achieved a significant progress in child survival, demonstrating strong government commitment to evidence-based policymaking and strategic health programming. A cornerstone of Kosovo’s success has been the nationwide scaling up of the Home Visiting Programme, which began as a pilot in 2014 and was implemented across all municipalities by 2022, supported by a robust policy and legal foundation.