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Child Mortality Slashed in Niger

Free universal health care for children and pregnant women, as well as increased donor funding for health, has nearly halved the death rate of children below five years old, reports The Lancet - an international medical journal.

  • Niger:   Child Mortality Slashed

    UNIRIN, 20 September 2012

    Niger has nearly halved the death rate of children below five years old since 1998, a significant drop highlighting the benefits of free universal health care for children and… Read more »

UNICEF/Pirozzi

Niger has reduced under-five mortality.

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