Child mortality 'at record low'
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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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&quot;While under-nutrition continues to be a key concern, particularly in developing countries, many children in all regions of the world have poor eating habits and are not getting enough exercise,&quot; she added.
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Unicef, the UN agency with the task of ensuring children&#39;s survival, was accused yesterday of not doing enough to prevent the suffering and death of millions of youngsters around the world.
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The number of children dying from abuse could be much higher than previously thought, the NSPCC says.
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Lack of access to clean drinking water and proper sanitation kills 1.5 million children every year, Unicef says.
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About 9.7 million children die each year before their fifth birthday, mostly from diseases that could be prevented with simple, affordable measures, the U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) said on Tuesday.
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Despite the near universal embrace of standards for protecting childhood, a new UNICEF report shows that more than half the world&#39;s children are suffering extreme deprivations from poverty, war and HIV/AIDS, conditions that are effectively denying
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About 400,000 toddlers die every year  in China mainly because of a lack of medical care, a member of  a government advisory group said on Wednesday, urging greater  investment in the health system.
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More than a million babies die across Africa every year in their first month of life, a hidden tragedy neglected by donor countries and African governments.
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Ethiopia has reduced its child mortality rate by 40 percent over the last 15 years, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said Wednesday.
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In just over a decade Indonesia has managed to cut by half its mortality rate for children aged under five but the country still has work to do to tackle regional trouble spots, the United Nations said.
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More than 10 million children under 5   years old die each year but two-thirds of those deaths could be   prevented with effective, cheap treatments that are already   available, health experts said on Monday.
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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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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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More than half the world's countries are falling behind in a U.N. campaign to reduce child deaths by two-thirds by 2015, the U.N. children's agency UNICEF reported on Thursday.
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The rising cost of privatised healthcare in Asia is behind a spike in child deaths in Cambodia and caused more than half the region to fall behind global goals to lower child mortality, a United Nations report warned.
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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.