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www.npr.org
2 weeks ago
US news

The invisible lives and deaths of the children of sex workers

Insufficient data and attention on child mortality among sex workers' children, leading to issues in birth registration and healthcare [ more ]
www.nytimes.com
2 weeks ago
Medicine

Widening Racial Disparities Underlie Rise in Child Deaths in the U.S.

Child death rates in the US are rising, with Black and Native American youths disproportionately affected by injuries like car accidents, homicides, and suicides. [ more ]
#vaccination
www.cbc.ca
4 days ago
Coronavirus

Ontario child under 5 dies of measles, provincial health agency says | CBC News

A child under five years old has died of measles in Ontario due to lack of vaccination, highlighting the importance of immunization. [ more ]
www.npr.org
2 months ago
Health

Why a new report on child mortality is historic, encouraging and grim

Historic decrease in child mortality below 5 million deaths worldwide.
Need to accelerate efforts to reduce child mortality from preventable and treatable conditions. [ more ]
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#unicef
www.france24.com
2 months ago
Public health

Childhood deaths reach historic' low but progress is unequal, UN report finds

Record low under-five mortality in 2022 - 4.9 million deaths, Progress in reducing child mortality since 2000 and 1990, Precarious progress in ending preventable child deaths [ more ]
www.aljazeera.com
2 months ago
Black Lives Matter

Several killed in Israeli attack on aid truck in Gaza: Report

At least nine people killed in an attack on an aid distribution vehicle in Gaza by Israeli forces.
UNICEF warns of increasing child deaths in Gaza due to malnutrition and dehydration, calling for immediate humanitarian relief. [ more ]
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ABC7 San Francisco
3 months ago
Public health

Here's how 2 UCSF doctors, nonprofit helped lower child mortality by nearly 63% in Mali war zone

UCSF doctors launch nonprofit to bring healthcare to communities with high child death rates in Mali.
The nonprofit, Muso, continued to provide care during the regional war in central Mali, leading to a significant drop in child mortality rates. [ more ]
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