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Mother-child mortality rates in steady decline [1]

Common cold, skin infections, diarrhoea and skin disorders were the main cause of health problems for children under five years old in Bhutan, according to the annual health bulletin 2008. Last year 54,781 cases of common cold, 22,472 cases of diarrhoea, and 23,817 cases of skin infections were recorded across the country. Of the 13,851 children born last year, 61 were stillbirths and foetal death, followed by 98 neonatal deaths. Ten children were born with STD.

Publication Date: 
14/07/2008
Kuensel (Bhutan) [2]
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Health [3], Diarrhoea [4], Women [5], Children [6], Bhutan [7]

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