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Child death rates cut by half, but U.N. target missed
2015-09-09 03:11:51| IT Services - Topix.net
Children are half as likely to die before their fifth birthday now than they were in 1990, researchers said on Wednesday, but a United Nations target has not been met. Of all under-five deaths, almost half occur during a baby's first four weeks, said a new report by the World Health Organisation , World Bank and United Nations, with one million babies dying per year on the first day of life.
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