Cuba records lowest infant mortality rate

Cuba has recorded its lowest infant mortality rate for four decades, with 6.2 children in every 1,000 dying before the age of one.

According to figures from the United Nations Children's Fund, UNICEF, Cuba - along with Canada - now has the lowest infant mortality rate in the Americas.

The United States is second with seven in every 1,000 children.

Guatemala has the highest infant mortality rate with 45 in every 1,000 children.

From the newsroom of the BBC World Service