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Health millennium goals neglected in Asia-Pacific region: UN report

Posted by: sarah-indra, 21. February 2012 - 16:21
Source: http://www.downtoearth.org.in
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Hunger, child mortality and maternal mortality remain high in the Asia-Pacific region, making it difficult for the countries in the region to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015, says a UN report released on Friday in New Delhi.

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Over three million children in the region died before their fifth birthday in 2010 alone, notes the report—Accelerating Equitable Achievements of the MDGs: Closing the Gaps in Health and Nutrition in Asia and Pacific. Public health experts who were present at the release of the report blame low public health spending as one of the reasons for unimpressive health indicators in India.

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