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Newborn Babies Account For 40% Of Preventable Child Deaths, See Little Global Health Funding, Report Says
"Newborns now account for 40 percent of preventable child deaths worldwide, but only a tiny fraction of international aid targets newborns, according to" Save the Children's new report on newborn survival, to be published in the medical journal Health Policy and Planning Tuesday, USA Today reports (Madhani, 6/11). "The world has achieved remarkable progress on reducing child deaths -- from 12.4 million in 1990 to 7.6 million in 2010 -- but that progress isn't reaching newborn babies at the same pace, the report shows," a Save the Children press release states (6/12).
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