Saturday, February 2, 2008

Child Mortality Highest in Sierra Leone

Under-5 death rate reduced by 23 percent worldwide since 1990
The Associated Press
updated 11:38 a.m. ET, Tues., Jan. 22, 2008

GENEVA - A newborn in Sierra Leone has the lowest chance in the world of surviving until age 5, and the prospects are almost as bad for children in Angola and Afghanistan, according to a U.N. report released Tuesday.

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