UNICEF warns 300,000 Nigerian children may die of vitamin A ...
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LAGOS  - More than 300,000 children in Nigeria could die between now and 2014 if the level of vitamin A in their food is not increased, according to a report by the United Nations (news - web sites) Children&#39;s Fund (UNICEF (news - web sites
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The Red Cross warned Friday that a massive aid effort is needed to cope with floods in 18 countries across Africa that have already affected at least 1.5 million people and killed nearly 300.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - The United Nations warned  on Wednesday Asia's tsunami death toll could double to about  300,000 unless survivors received clean water and other basic  services by the end of the week to prevent disease.
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Hunger and malnutrition kill more than 5 million children each year and cost developing countries billions of dollars in lost productivity, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) annual hunger report.
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People should limit eating liver to once a week and be careful about other sources of vitamin A, say food experts.
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More than half the world's children face a brutal existence because of poverty, war and Aids, says Unicef.
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Millions of mothers, newborn babies and children die each year in Africa from preventable diseases despite promises of better healthcare by governments and donor countries, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday.
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MONDAY, Oct. 2 (HealthDay News) --  As many as 6.5 million American children could have a dangerous condition called non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), new research suggests.
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News of an effective vaccine against malaria being developed is certainly a shot in the arm for the fight against this disease which kills over a million children and infects an estimated 300 million annually.
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Undernutrition is to blame for 3.5 million deaths among children aged under five each year, but most of the fatalities occur in 20 countries, where targeted aid programmes could swiftly address the problem, researchers say.
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The death rate of children infected with HIV in Africa could be cut in half if they were put on an inexpensive antibiotic, according to a study published in The Lancet.
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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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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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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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CARELESS use of vitamins, taken by millions in the belief that they promote good health, could be causing thousands of premature deaths, scientists have warned.
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In its annual State of the World&#39;s Children report, UNICEF says half of the world&#39;s population of children suffer from poverty, violence or AIDS.
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GENEVA  - Children with HIV (news - web sites)/AIDS (news - web sites) are dying needlessly because of a lack of suitable drugs and the high cost of medicines adapted to their needs, the humanitarian organization Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) said.