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123857
Mon, 05/24/2010 - 13:58
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CHILD DEATH RATE DECLINES 60% OVER PAST FOUR DECADES
Baku, May 24 (AzerTAc). According to British magazine Lancet, since 1960, the child death rate has declined more than 60%, and the new data shows that downward trend continues.
The mortality reduced due to improvements in many of the basic health interventions, such as early and exclusive breast-feeding, measles immunization, Vitamin A supplementation, the use of insecticide-treated nets to prevent malaria, and prevention and treatment of HIV/Aids.
The UN children`s agency warns many poorer countries will not meet the 2015 Millennium Development Goal of cutting that figure by two thirds.
The situation is worst in sub-Saharan Africa and south Asia, including Nigeria and Liberia.
The mortality reduced due to improvements in many of the basic health interventions, such as early and exclusive breast-feeding, measles immunization, Vitamin A supplementation, the use of insecticide-treated nets to prevent malaria, and prevention and treatment of HIV/Aids.
The UN children`s agency warns many poorer countries will not meet the 2015 Millennium Development Goal of cutting that figure by two thirds.
The situation is worst in sub-Saharan Africa and south Asia, including Nigeria and Liberia.
