According to a report by Indonesia’s National Statistics Agency (BPS), the country has made significant progress in reducing child mortality rates in recent years. However, there is still much work to be done, as over one million Indonesian children under the age of five die each year.
The report, which was released in late 2016, showed that the mortality rate for children under the age of five was 26.8 per 1,000 live births in 2015. This is down from 34.7 …