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UNICEF – Fighting Chronic Malnutrition
The "Faces of Hunger" campaign by UNICEF aims to raise awareness about the devastating effects of chronic malnutrition in Guatemala, where 50% of all children under the age of five suffer from this condition. In addition, an increasing number of children are being affected by acute malnutrition.
UNICEF recognizes that...
UNICEF Combatting child mortality
About 19,000 children under the age of five die every day, mainly from preventable causes. More than 70 per cent are attributable to six causes: diarrhoea, malaria, neonatal infection, pneumonia, preterm delivery, or lack of oxygen at birth. These deaths occur mainly in the developing world. Sub-Saharan Africa has...