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Female education linked to under-5 mortality rate [1]

If all women in India had completed secondary education, the under-five mortality rate would be 61 per cent lower, UNESCO has said.

India and Nigeria account for more than a third of child deaths worldwide. If all women in both countries had completed secondary education, the under-five mortality rate would have been 61 per cent lower in India and 43 per cent lesser in Nigeria, saving 1.35 million children’s lives.

Publication Date: 
25/09/2013
Aarti Dhar [2]
Hindu (New Delhi) [3]
Tags:
India [4], Women [5], Infant mortality [6], UNESCO [7], Education [8], Health Education [9], Child Health [10], WHO [11], Diarrhoea [12], Health [13]
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