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Peacetrain

(22,875 posts) Tue Sep 17, 2013, 10:06 PM Sep 2013

Big drop in children under five dying, says UN report..good news for everyone

If this was posted before.. well it is one of those things that should be celebrated again..

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-14930778

The number of children under five who die each year has plummeted from 12 million in 1990, to 7.6 million last year, the UN says.

The reasons for the change include better access to health care and immunisation, says a report by Unicef and the World Health Organization.

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Big drop in children under five dying, says UN report..good news for everyone (Original Post) Peacetrain Sep 2013 OP

Geez, some good news - you'd think it would get more attention? MannyGoldstein Sep 2013 #1

Thanks for the rec Manny Peacetrain Sep 2013 #3

K&R nt Mnemosyne Sep 2013 #2

MannyGoldstein

(34,589 posts)

1. Geez, some good news - you'd think it would get more attention?

Reply to Peacetrain (Original post)

Tue Sep 17, 2013, 10:32 PM

Sep 2013

Well I'll rec it.

Peacetrain

(22,875 posts)

3. Thanks for the rec Manny

Reply to MannyGoldstein (Reply #1)

Wed Sep 18, 2013, 10:17 AM

Sep 2013

Maybe if someone else posted it .. it might get more attention.. this is such a great piece of news.. in a world of digital.. sometimes humanity can get lost.

Mnemosyne

(21,363 posts)

2. K&R nt

Reply to Peacetrain (Original post)

Wed Sep 18, 2013, 01:21 AM

Sep 2013

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