[lbo-talk] Child deaths fall slightly to 9.2 mln in 2007-UN

[uvj at vsnl.com]

Child deaths fall slightly to 9.2 mln in 2007-UN
http://www.reuters.com/article/asiaCrisis/idUSLB60892

Thu Sep 11, 2008

By Michael Kahn

LONDON, Sept 12 (Reuters) - More than 9 million children globally died
before their fifth birthday in 2007, down slightly from 2006, but a huge gap
remains between rich and poor countries, especially in Africa, UNICEF said
on Friday.

Efforts to promote breastfeeding, immunisations and anti-malaria measures
have helped cut child deaths to 9.2 million from 9.7 million a year ago and
12.7 million in 1990, the figures from the United Nations Children's Fund
showed.
http://www.reuters.com/article/asiaCrisis/idUSLB60892