UNICEF: Fewer children dying worldwide
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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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More than half the world&#39;s children are suffering extreme effects of poverty, war and HIV/Aids, denying them a healthy and safe childhood, according to a report published today.
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MONDAY, Sept. 18 (HealthDay News) -- Global experts on child health are meeting in New York City on Monday to discuss an ongoing tragedy: the fact that 10.5 million children under the age of five die each year.
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About 160,000 infants die each year in the Asia-Pacific region due to a decline in breastfeeding, a UNICEF expert told a regional conference on Wednesday.
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One billion children - half the world&#39;s population of children - suffer from poverty, conflict, HIV and AIDS, according to the United Nations child rights organisation.
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ISLAMABAD: Poverty affects around one billion children across the globe, the United Nations International Childrenâs Emergency Fund (UNICEF) revealed in its 2005 report on the state of the worldâs children.
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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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Numbers don't lie &#151; or do they? When it comes to public health, figures are seldom straightforward. Last week, UNICEF announced what it described as a "major public health success": child deaths dropped to a record low of 9.7 million worldwide in 2005.
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The United Nations children&#39;s fund says that more than half the world&#39;s children are suffering the effects of poverty, war and HIV/AIDS, denying them a healthy and safe childhood.
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Undernutrition causes more than a third of child deaths worldwide, but simple programs like promoting breastfeeding and providing supplements could keep some of those children alive, experts said on Thursday.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - There were probably fewer  orphans than originally thought in Asia's tsunami-hit areas,  the head of the U.N. Children's Fund said, and efforts should  be directed toward uniting children with family members.
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Seven thousand fewer girls are born  in India each day than the global average would suggest,  largely because female fetuses are aborted after sex  determination tests, the United Nations Children's Fund  (UNICEF) said on Tuesday.
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A U.N. study says that declines in AIDS in eight countries show that prevention programs work, but said prevention efforts have reached far too few of the people at risk.
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ROME - Extreme poverty threatens the lives of more than a billion children around the world, according to a report from the United Nations children&#39;s agency.
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Nearly 9.7 million children die each year before their fifth birthday from diseases from pneumonia to malaria, but simple affordable measures could save more lives, the U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) said on Tuesday.
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Political leaders the world over are  failing the most vulnerable of their people -- children, the  U.N. child rights organization UNICEF said on Thursday.
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LONDON, Dec 10 (IPS) - Poverty, conflict and HIV/AIDS are the biggest  threats to children's lives in developing countries, says a  new Unicef report.