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May 11, 2007
child mortality reduction, Thailand, under five year old

Under 5 year old mortality in Thailand

Mortality in children under 5years is a sensitive index of the well being of a society.In Thailand there is a National project to reduce mortality in under 5 year old.In the 1950s and 60s the under 5 year old mortality was 160 per 1000 and this had been reduced to under 40 by 1990. Since…

April 4, 2007
child mortality reduction, diarrhoea and children, zinc

Zinc supplementation and child mortality in Zanzibar

Zinc and child mortality. Pneumonia, diarrhoea, and malaria account for 45% of the 10-6 million yearly deaths of children younger than 5 years despite some success with preventive and therapeutic interventions. 2-6 million of these deaths take place in Africa, including 90% of the 0-8 million worldwide childhood malaria deaths every year. Finding cheap methods…