The United Nations warned that tighter US sanctions on Cuba have led to a spike in infant mortality and declining survival rates for child cancer patients. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk said US efforts to cut off fuel shipments to Cuba are depriving 10 million people of access to water, food, and healthcare. According to Bluesky, Cuba’s infant mortality rate rose from 4 per 1,000 live births in 2018 to 9.9 in 2025. The authors of a study by the Centre for Economic and Policy Research, as reported by Bluesky, identified US sanctions as the primary cause of Cuba's economic and humanitarian crisis. The UN rights chief criticized the US blockade on Cuba, stating that children are dying as a result, according to Presstv.