World Child Mortality Rates Falling, but More Lives Could Be Saved: UNICEF
Child mortality has passed a "historic" milestone, according to the UN, which claimed the number of children dying before they reach the age of five has dropped below 10 million for the first time.Anne Penketh Diplomatic Editor
“History shows that when high levels of severe acute malnutrition in children combine with deadly outbreaks of diseases like cholera or diarrhea, child mortality rises dramatically – and tragically,” UNICEF Executive DirectorCatherine Russellsaid ina statement. “When water either isn’t av...
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Fall in child mortality in Africa and Asia is “grossly insufficient” to meet millennium development goal, says UnicefThe annual number of deaths worldwide among children aged under 5 years fell by nearly a third between 1990 and 2008, from 12.5 million to 8.8 million, show new data from ...
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