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Ten cents can help save a child’s life
Every day, more than 4,000 children under the age of five die for want of a tiny bit of salt, sugar and some clean water. Oral rehydration therapy (ORT) is a fast and effective way to combat the potentially fatal effects of diarrhoea, which remains the second most common cause of death among young children behind [...]
Field diary: Returning to Haiti, UNICEF staffer finds hope
UNICEF Regional Communication Officer Tamar Hahn sent this field diary after visiting a temporary settlement for earthquake-affected Haitian children and families.
I have just returned from Haiti, my first visit there since witnessing the indescribable destruction just after the 12 January earthquake.
I went to Haiti in the immediate aftermath of the quake and have been working [...]
UNICEF on front lines of PNG cholera outbreak
What is believed to be the first outbreak of cholera in Papua New Guinea has led to authorities declaring a public health emergency in one province. At the same time, an outbreak of shigella, similar to dysentery, has also broken out.
Papua New Guinea health officials are reporting that more than 100 people have died, with [...]
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Reduction in global child deaths a positive step
New UNICEF figures just out on global child mortality are a real step forward for children.
For the first time on record, the rate of deaths of children under five years of age has fallen to an estimated 8.8 million in 2008. This compares with 12.5 million deaths in 1990 and means that some 10,000 [...]
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