Paediatrics News South Africa

South Africa: Too many babies die

Every year almost 23,000 South African babies die in their first month of life, yet one in five of these deaths could be avoided with better education, and relatively inexpensive and easily implemented changes in healthcare, says a new study by the Medical Research Council (MRC).

"The bad news is that, according to the report, 'one in five deaths could have been clearly avoided', and inequalities are also highlighted, with avoidable deaths being twice as common in rural areas," said Joy Lawn, Senior Policy and Research Advisor at Saving Newborn Lives, a programme run by Save the Children, an international non-governmental organisation for children's rights, in the foreword to the report.

Read the full article: http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=73864

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