Education can help reduce child mortality rates. Parents who are educated and literate are more likely to be employed and have higher incomes; allowing them to be able to afford basic necessities such as food, water, shelter, and vaccinations. Additionally they are more likely to send their children to school and hospitals; keeping them off the streets from crime, and slums. Education will also help inform parents on nutrition, sanitation, and safety from natural disasters. Thus children will be less likely to be malnourished, injured, or suffer from diseases. Moreover, educated women are more likely to have less children due to the lifestyles of their careers. If a women has less children, more resources and time can be spent on her other children, thereby increasing their chance of survival.
http://www.worldbank.org/mdgs/education.html
http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/
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