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More than 13 million children under age five
(including stillbirths) die each year in
developing countries.
At least 70 percent of these deaths could be
prevented.
A mother’s chance of dying of pregnancy-related
conditions is more than 200 times higher
in
the lowest-income countries than in the highest-income countries.
Major childhood killers include measles,
polio, whooping cough, and diphtheria.
*It
costs as little as US$2 to buy a new year of healthy life by
expanding immunization coverage with standard child vaccines.
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Ensure access to family planning services to prevent high-risk pregnancies, unsafe abortion, and infant deaths.
**Improving care of children under 28 days old
(including resuscitation of newborns) is a
highly cost-effective way to extend a life. It costs as little as
US$10 for each year of healthy life gained.
Main causes of death in the first 28 days of life:
Premature birth, asphyxia, and infections.
Reasons children under age 5 are most likely to die:
pneumonia, diarrhea, tetanus, malaria,
measles, whooping cough, HIV/AIDS, and malnutrition.
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