"Will COVID-19 Grief Help Church in U.S. Stop Neglecting Ongoing Under-5 Child Deaths, Asks empty tomb Mission Match - The difference between the target reduction goal and the actual Under-5 Mortality Rate is called the "Promise Gap" by empty tomb.
In that Promise Gap, an estimated 38 million children have died from 1990 through 2018. In 2018 alone:
In 12 African countries, with a population about 80% that of the U.S., 289,000 children died from treatable causes that year.
In Nigeria, with a population about 60% that of the U.S., 463,000 children under the age of five died of treatable causes that year.
Why has the church in the U.S. not been outraged by this ongoing tragedy?..."