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UNICEF: One million children die of preventable diseases
(Xinhua News Agency, AUGUST 9, 169 words, DATELINE: dhaka)
Nearly one million children die of preventable diseases in bangladesh
annually, a bangladesh official said here today. speaking at a meeting to
launch a one-year-long program of immunization in dhaka city, abdul malek,
mayor of dhaka, said bangladesh has the second highest child mortality in
the world after nepal and six percent of all child and infant deaths occur
in this country. most of the victims die of tuberculosis, polio,
pertussis and measles which can be prevented through immunization, he
said. earlier this year, the united nations international children's
emergency fund (unicef) announced a 10-year-long immunization program in
bangladesh to save about 200,000 children
less than one-year old annually from dying of some infectious diseases.
the immunization program in bangladesh is the second largest unicef
assisted program in the world and unicef contribution to bangladesh is
rising from 21 million u.s. dollars to 25 million dollars during the
current year.
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