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16,000 children under 5 die each day [1]

HOUSTON: Nearly 5.9 million children will die before their fifth birthday this year mainly of preventable causes, a UN report has warned, though the child mortality rate has fallen by more than 50

Publication Date: 
14/09/2015
Manila Times (Philippines) [2]
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Health [3], Child Health [4], Children [5], WHO [6], Infant mortality [7], Malnutrition [8], Africa [9]
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