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Africa: Health Ministers Launch Landmark Polio Vaccination Campaign to Protect 83 Million Children in Lake Chad Basin: [WHO-AFRO] N'djamena -- In a renewed effort to eradicate circulating polio variant type 2 in the Lake Chad Basin, Ministers of Health from Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Chad, Niger and Nigeria launched today a synchronized regional vaccination campaign aimed at… newsfeed.facilit8.network/TKDg #PolioEradication #VaccinationCampaign #LakeChadBasin #ChildHealth #PublicHealth

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The global under-five mortality rate has dropped over 50% since 1990! A new UN report highlights countries like India, Nepal, Senegal, Ghana, and Burundi, which achieved this through strong governance and innovative health policies.

UNICEF is leading the way! #ChildHealth #UN

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Using #statistics 📊 to improve insights into #childHealth: researchers have estimated the extent to which children in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia are affected by #anemia. Previously, such data was only available for individual countries. #publicHealth #econometrics #dataScience #openAccess

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“Hidden hunger” is the cause of various health challenges in middle- and  low-income countries.
www.uibk.ac.atHigh-Resolution Estimates of Anemia in Children in Low- and Middle-income CountriesChildren living in poverty often suffer from anemia, a condition linked to serious health risks. A research team led by statistical experts from the University of Innsbruck has now provided high-resolution estimates of anemia prevalence among children in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. Their model-based analysis draws on a dataset comprising around 750,000 observations from 37 countries.
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Africa: U.S. Decision to End Support for GAVI Puts Millions of Children's Lives At Risk: [MSF] The reported decision that the US government will end its support for Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance - which was set up 20 years ago to increase access to vaccines for the world's poorest countries--will have devastating consequences for children across the globe, said Doctors Without Borders (MSF). newsfeed.facilit8.network/TJpB #Africa #Vaccines #ChildHealth #GAVI #Healthcare

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Africa: Decades of Progress in Reducing Child Deaths and Stillbirths At Risk, UN Warns: [UN News] The number of children around the world dying before their fifth birthday stands at a record low - but this achievement is under threat due to a chronic lack of investment in routine humanitarian work and interventions, the head of the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), said on Tuesday. newsfeed.facilit8.network/TJky #ChildHealth #UNICEF #ChildDeaths #HumanitarianAid #Stillbirth

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Africa: MSF Calls for Sustained Investments to Fight Against Tuberculosis in Children: [MSF] Ahead of World TB Day, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) calls on all countries and international donors to prioritise and ensure sustained investments for diagnosing, treating, and preventing tuberculosis (TB) for all - especially children, who remain the most vulnerable. newsfeed.facilit8.network/TJfG #WorldTBDay #TuberculosisAwareness #MSF #InvestInHealth #ChildHealth

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