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Sunday, March 09, 2008
Child Mortality - UN WIRE
UNICEF: Child mortality rates fall, challenges remain
Almost 10 million children die every year before their fifth birthday, most from preventable causes, UNICEF said Tuesday. The good news is that the global annual death toll is lower than ever before, but children in several regions -- including Africa, South Asia and the Middle East -- remain very vulnerable. Read UNICEF's press release. Reuters (1/22)
UNICEF sees progress for children, but big challenges remain
Life for children has been improved in the past several years in some areas, including boosting education access and reducing child mortality rates, UNICEF says in a new progress report. But it warns that "much more must be done" to address problems such as HIV prevention, pneumonia and maternal mortality if the UN's Millennium Development Goals on children's health are to stand any chance of being met by 2015. Access UNICEF's report. BBC (12/10) , ABC (Australia) (12/10)
UNICEF: Child mortality rate tumbles to record low
Bottle feeding, improvements in world economies and campaigns against diseases have helped push the number of deaths of young children to below 10 million a year for the first time since such record-keeping began in 1960, UNICEF reported Thursday. UNICEF officials note that the figures come from surveys conducted in 2005 and do not reflect a recent influx of funds used to fight disease in the Third World. "We feel we're at a tipping point now," said Dr. Peter Salama, UNICEF's chief medical officer. "In a few years' time, it will all translate into a very exciting drop." For more analysis on the report, read the newest post on UN Dispatch. The New York Times (9/13) , BBC (9/13)
UN calls for action on child hunger
An estimated 800,000 malnourished children under the age of five in Central America and the Dominican Republic are the result of decades of inaction and cost the region billions of dollars every year, the United Nations World Food Programme and the Economic Commission for Latin America warn in a report. "Child hunger is a moral issue, but as this study demonstrates it is also a critical economic concern," said UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, who called the report "a call to action." AlertNet.org/Reuters (6/3)
In 2002, the United Nations launched an initiative in the Democratic Republic of Congo known as the Children's Parliament, which has grown into a well-respected body advocating justice in matters involving children. The body, which The Washington Post calls a "beacon of justice," hears lots of cases from children who may be abused or neglected, and it uses its voice to, for example, lobby for the release of child prisoners. The Washington Post (8/11)
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