Under-5 Mortality Drops to Record Low
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The number of deaths worldwide among children under 5 dropped to a record low of 9.7 million in 2006, reflecting progress in areas such as malaria prevention, childhood immunizations and breastfeeding rates, global health officials said yesterday.
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Worldwide deaths from measles have fallen by two-thirds since 2000, the result of stepped-up immunization efforts and the distribution of vitamin A capsules in developing countries, a partnership of five health organizations said yesterday.
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About 9.7 million children die each year before their fifth birthday from diseases that could be prevented with simple, affordable measures, the U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) said on Tuesday.
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Gains among blacks and Puerto Ricans drove infant mortality rates to a record low in New York City last year, city officials reported Thursday.
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The birth rate among adolescent and young teen girls in the United States fell sharply in the 1990s, hitting a 58-year-low in 2002, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported on Monday.
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Babies slow to grow in the womb who play catch-up in their first weeks of life after birth risk chest illnesses, research shows.
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Six months ago, the death of a 12-year-old Prince George's County boy from untreated dental decay shed a grim spotlight on gaps in federal and state medical assistance programs charged with providing care to 30 million poor children.
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A newborn in Sierra Leone has the lowest chance in the world of surviving until age 5, and the prospects are almost as bad for children in Angola and Afghanistan, Unicef said in its annual report.
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Giving birth in poor countries proves fatal for more than half a million women every year, or one every minute, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Wednesday, warning preventable deaths have reached epidemic levels.
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BRUSSELS, Nov 11 (IPS) - Many developing countries are failing to decrease  the number of deaths in line with the Millennium Development  Goals, says a new World Bank report.
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More than half of African children who die before the age of five are malnourished, a top African Health Organisation (AHO) official said at a west African regional meeting on nutrition.
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UK emergency services for children are failing to meet minimum standards set five years ago, say researchers.
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The number of children dying worldwide has dropped below 10 million a year for the first time, UNICEF said Thursday
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The UN says fewer children under five are dying than ever before, partly due to increased immunisation.
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NEW YORK  - After a dramatic leap in survival rates for very low birth weight babies up to 1997, there has been little change in survival or health for these infants since then, a new study shows.
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There were 175 sudden infant deaths in England and Wales last year, down from 192 in 2002.
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The number of health visitors in England has fallen to its lowest level in 12 years, trade union Amicus says.