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• Faras Ghani that high infant mortality rates in developing countries can be dramatically reduced through sex education and WASH funding programs. 

• How can funders provide sustainable access to sex education and sanitation in areas with high infant mortality rates? 

• Read about the UN's sexual education guidelines. 

One million children die on the day they are born every year, with another 1.6 million unable to survive past the first month, the UN's children's agency said in a report.

Newborns in Pakistan, Central African Republic (CAR) and Afghanistan have the least chance of survival, according to the UNICEF report launched on Tuesday.

In Pakistan, one in 22 newborns does not live past the first month.

The deaths occur due to a number of causes, including home deliveries, anemic mothers, and poor sanitary conditions. Simple things like washing hands will reduce the mortality rate by half.

Mubina Agboatwalla, chairperson of Health Oriented Preventive Education, told Al Jazeera.

Pakistan's Tharparkar district has been the hardest hit when it comes to infant mortality.

More than 1,500 children under the age of five died in the southern district from 2011 to 2016. Almost 80 percent of births were underweight. The main cause, according to the doctors, was poverty and malnourishment.

Additionally, a lack of education and access to family planning for girls, early marriage, and teen pregnancy play a big role in rising infant mortality rates, Agboatwalla said.

Read the full article on infant mortality by Faras Ghani at Al Jazeera.