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Child Deaths Drop Worldwide, Slow Progress on Maternal Mortality, Newborn Death MDGs, Report Says
The number of worldwide deaths among children younger than age five has fallen by 27% since 1990, but there has been little progress in reducing maternal mortality and newborn deaths, according to the World Health Statistics 2009 report, which was released on Thursday, Reuters reports.
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