The Guardian

• The child mortality rate is estimated at about 50 per 1,000 live births in Myanmar. In the UK, the rate is four per 1,000.
• Child rights violations, including the use of children as soldiers.
• Nearly 30% of children under five suffer from moderate or severe malnutrition
• More than half of all children live below the poverty line.
• In western Rakhine state, 120,000 internally displaced people live in camps as a result of inter-communal conflict that erupted in 2012.
• Violence against Rohingya Muslims, for whom the government does not provide full citizenship rights, has surged since October following attacks on border guard posts.