NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–For the first time this century, the number of children dying from preventable causes is predicted to rise. Today, on the margins of the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly, African high-level representatives joined global partners to confront that trend head-on, making the case that child survival and nutrition belong at the centre of national priorities, backed by domestic resources, country-led plans and sustained accountability. The high-level side