SIERRA LEONE: Child and maternal mortality worst in the world – UNICEF
FREETOWN, 3 March (IRIN): Sierra Leone has the highest child and maternal mortality rates in the world because of underinvestment in health programs, malnutrition, and harmful cultural practices, UN childrens agency (UNICEF) Executive Director Ann Veneman said visitting the Sierra Leone capital.
– Child mortality in this country is the worst in the world at 270 deaths per 100,000 children born, Veneman said on 29 February, the last day of her three day visit to the West African nation.
– If you are a child born in Sierra Leone you have a more than one in four chance of not living to see your fifth birthday, she noted.
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