Sentences with phrase «of child mortality»

It is safe and contains antibodies that help protect infants from common childhood illnesses — such as diarrhea and pneumonia, the two primary causes of child mortality worldwide.

You can see this clearly in the life expectancy of people 65 years and older (this removes the effect of child mortality and wars etc., concentrating on chronic disease).

The EFSA said the drought was largely responsible for pushing already alarming rates of child mortality in Chad up by 15 percent, from 2.0 / 10,000 in March 2009 to 2.3 / 10,000 today.

«Primarily because of grand corruption under successive governments since the return of democracy in 1999, millions of Nigerians continue to live in extreme poverty, a condition manifested by the lack of clean water, malnutrition, high rates of child mortality and morbidity, low life expectancy, illiteracy, perception of hopelessness and social exclusion.»

Unintentional injuries at home are one of the leading causes of child mortality globally.

It is safe and contains antibodies that help protect infants from common childhood illnesses such as diarrhoea and pneumonia, the two primary causes of child mortality worldwide.

Breastfeeding also confers many benefits in addition to reducing the risk of child mortality.

In order to address the issue of child mortality and malnutrition, preparatory work is underway to earmark disbursements for pregnant women and mothers of children under the age of one.

«These respiratory problems are responsible for 20 % of child mortality around the world,» says Jacques Fellay, who has held an SNSF professorship since 2011.

The study is the first ever national analysis of child mortality in China at a county (sub-province) level, and reveals that the differences in child mortality rates between counties can be just as dramatic as those seen between provinces.

An innovative method of scanning bones is improving our understanding of child mortality in Roman Britain.

At this point, those mothers who later learnt to read had a similar level of child mortality (105/1000).

Fewer children would die from diarrhea and pneumonia — two of the leading causes of child mortality globally — as well as Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)-- a leading cause of infant mortality in the U.S..

Washing one's hands frequently is the best and simplest way to reduce respiratory infections and diarrhea, the world's two leading causes of child mortality, and the consumer - goods giant Unilever is promoting this habit through its Lifebuoy soap brand.

This is a time for optimism and celebration of the remarkable gains to which the MDGs have contributed worldwide, including: decreasing the global share of people living on less than $ 1.25 per day by more than two - thirds since 1990; more than halving the rate of child mortality; and reaching gender parity in primary - school enrollment.

Diarrhea and pneumonia each kill nearly 2 million children per year worldwide, making them the leading causes of child mortality.