Education is key to reducing child mortality / Ann M. Veneman.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Veneman, Ann M., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United Nations.

Local Subjects:

United Nations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (2 pages)

Contained In:

UN Chronicle Vol. 44, no. 4, p. 33-34 44:4<33 1564-3913

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : United Nations, 2007.

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Summary:

In 2006, for the first time in recent history, the total number of annual deaths among children under the age of five fell below 10 million, to 9.7 million. This represents a 60-per-cent drop in the rate of child mortality since 1960. Data compiled by the Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation reveals that progress has been made in every region of the world. Since 1990, China's under-five mortality rate has declined from 45 deaths for every 1,000 live births to 24 per 1,000, a reduction of 47 per cent; India's rate declined by 34 per century The rates in six countries-Bangladesh, Bhutan, Bolivia, Eritrea, Lao People's Democratic Republic and Nepal-fell by 50 per cent or more from 1990 to 2006, although under-five mortality rates in these countries remain high. Ethiopia achieved a nearly 40-per-cent reduction during the same period.

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