One million babies a year die within 24 hours, according to new report

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http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/02/25/one-million-babies-a-year-die-within-24-hours-according-to-new-report/



One million babies a year die within 24 hours, according to new report
By Agence France-Presse
Tuesday, February 25, 2014 11:06 EST

A million newborn babies a year die within 24 hours, charity Save the Children said in a report out Tuesday which urged governments to tackle preventable deaths.

The report by the British-based organisation said 6.6 million children around the world died in 2012 before their fifth birthday, mostly from preventable causes.

The number has almost halved from the 12.6 million in 1990, but there remains a “deplorable problem of lack of attention to babies in their first days of life”, the aid organisation said.

In its report, entitled “Ending Newborn Deaths”, it said one million babies did not survive their first 24 hours of life in 2012.

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1. k&r for information on a very serious and tragic - and mostly preventable -problem