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Diarrhoea-related diseases claim lives of 26 children each day in Afghanistan – UNICEF

3rd November, 2017 · admin

unitednationsUN News Centre:  Although the number of children under five years dying from diarrhoea each year in Afghanistan has dropped below 10,000 for the first time, the disease still claims the lives of 9,500 children, or 26 each day, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said Thursday. Diarrhoea-related deaths account for around 12 per cent of the 80,000 deaths of children under the age of five that occur annually in Afghanistan. Click here to read more (external link).

Posted in Afghan Children, Health News | Tags: diarrhea |
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