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New Effort Targets the Leading Killers of Children
Nairobi :: Kenya | 2 hours ago
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IPS Articles No parent should have to bury a child because of something we can help prevent or treat, Davis said. Diarrhea and pneumonia are two diseases that overwhelmingly affect children in African and Asian countries, Davis said, with diarrhea
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Africa: Funding Nutrition - a Moral Imperative, an Effective Investment
Washington :: NJ :: USA | 5 days ago
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Paris with a call to hasten world progress on child nutrition and the funding for it. "The Paris conference produced a very strong consensus on responses to be made...Less than two years before the deadline for the Millennium Development Goals, we
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Health gap between countries is narrowing: UN report
New York City :: NY :: USA | 7 days ago
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WHO's World Health Statistics 2013 report, which compares progress made by countries with the best health status and those with least-favourable health status over the past two decades, shows that considerable progress has been made in the areas of
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Georgia Tackles Child Mortality
New York City :: NY :: USA | 8 days ago
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Infant deaths falling steady, but still higher than in many regional neighbours. May 13 Despite a fall in the infant mortality rate in Georgia over the last decade, the country still scores poorly by the standards of other former Soviet states. Now
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Ranking a result of hard work
Suva :: Fiji Islands | 10 days ago
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S impressive standing on the recent State of the World's Mothers report has proved encouraging for mothers around the country. The report, which is an annual research published by Save the Children, ranked Fiji as the 40th best place to be a mother
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South Africa: 21 Babies Who Were Born Today Will Die
Cape Town :: South Africa | 15 days ago
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Save the Children South Africa, a new and independent arm of the world's largest children's rights organisation, officially launched today with the release of the 2013 State of the World's Mothers report, which shows that every day in South Africa,
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Liberia: Decline in Child Mortality
Monrovia :: Liberia | 15 days ago
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Latest data released by Save the Children shows little decline in Liberia's child mortality rate from 2007 health report issued by the Demographic Health Survey. Save the Children Liberia Country Director Mr. Poudyal's revelation is part of the
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New Zealand Can Still Do Better For Mothers and Children
Auckland :: New Zealand | 16 days ago
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Yet millions of newborn babies still die each year from preventable and treatable causes says Save the Children in its annual State of the World's Mother's report, released today...The report finds that one million die, or two every minute, die on
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TN Health Dept. to supply Vitamin A to border habitations in Kerala
Palakkad :: India | 26 days ago
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The Tamil Nadu Health Department will be supplying 4,000 doses of Vitamin A to Kerala to tackle malnutrition among children aged between 6 and 60 months. This followed a specific request made during a meeting of Tamil Nadu and Kerala Health officials
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UN makes i¿½aggressivei¿½ push to reduce child mortality
London :: United Kingdom | 1 month ago
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World Health Organization (WHO) have launched their Global Action Plan for Pneumonia and Diarrhoea, which aims to end preventable child deaths from these conditions by 2025. The launch was supported by the publication of a series of articles in the
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