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| InfoShare Partner: Disease Control Priorities Project (DCPP) |
| Publication Date: August 2006 |
| Update Date: December 2006 |
| Type of Document: Article/Report/Paper |
| Topics: Adolescents/youth, Behavior change interventions, Child health/survival, Immunization, Nutrition, Service delivery |
| Region: Global, Asia/Pacific, Europe, Latin America/Caribbean, Middle East/North Africa, North America, Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Language: English |
| Number of Pages: 3 |
| File Size: 971 KB |
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(first paragraph) Before 1800, deaths of infants and children were commonplace even in rich families. And poor childhood nourishment left
most people stunted by today’s standards. Now, however, many infectious diseases are under control,
and better nutrition and overall health conditions have lowered mortality rates for everyone, especially children. But sadly, these gains have not been uniform and have not happened at the same rate around the world. As of 2001, some 19 percent of global deaths were among children—
and 99 percent of all child deaths took place in low- and middle-income countries. For example, a child born in
Ethiopia today has a 20 percent chance of dying before age fi ve, compared with a less than 1 percent chance for a child born in North America or Western Europe.
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