Over the years improvements such as clean water, sanitation, medicine, access to healthcare etc have also improved. The 2.6 million deaths per year were mostly

Over the years improvements such as clean water, sanitation, medicine, access to healthcare etc have also improved. The 2.6 million deaths per year were mostly from Africa right? Does that mean child mortality rates have improved that much? I'm not saying that measles isn't a killer disease, but how does it compare to malaria for instance?