Child mortality drop 'too slow' 世界儿童死亡率下降“过于缓慢
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The UN children's agency says child mortality is decreasing, but the rate of decline is not enough.

联合儿童署称儿童死亡率在下降,但是下降率仍不够。

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Unicef says preventable diseases are the biggest killers of children

A new report says more than eight million children under five died last year with pneumonia2(肺炎) and diarrhoea(腹泻) the two leading causes of death.

Unicef says 40% of under-five deaths take place in just three countries - Nigeria, India and DR Congo.

The report singled out Malawi and Eritrea as success stories, but said in South Africa child mortality had risen.

Unicef says the world is failing to reach the UN's target of a two-thirds reduction in under-five child mortality between 1990 and 2015.

In 1990, 12.5 million children under the age of five died.

"Compared to 1990, 10,000 fewer children are dying every day," said Unicef Executive Director Ann Veneman in a statement.

"While progress is being made, it is unacceptable that each year 8.8 million children die before their fifth birthday."

'Improvement possible'

Unicef says the tools are there to significantly reduce child mortality.

They include bed nets to stop malaria3(疟疾), improved water and sanitation4(环境卫生) and increased vaccination5 programmes.

Those countries that use these tools - even some of the poorest nations - have seen big improvements in child survival rates, Unicef says.

But in some countries progress is at best slow and at worst non-existent.

In South Africa, under-five mortality has actually increased since 1990.

The reason, Unicef says, is the high rate of HIV and Aids among mothers.



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1 killers c1a8ff788475e2c3424ec8d3f91dd856     
凶手( killer的名词复数 ); 消灭…者; 致命物; 极难的事
参考例句:
  • He remained steadfast in his determination to bring the killers to justice. 他要将杀人凶手绳之以法的决心一直没有动摇。
  • They were professional killers who did in John. 杀死约翰的这些人是职业杀手。
2 pneumonia s2HzQ     
n.肺炎
参考例句:
  • Cage was struck with pneumonia in her youth.凯奇年轻时得过肺炎。
  • Pneumonia carried him off last week.肺炎上星期夺去了他的生命。
3 malaria B2xyb     
n.疟疾
参考例句:
  • He had frequent attacks of malaria.他常患疟疾。
  • Malaria is a kind of serious malady.疟疾是一种严重的疾病。
4 sanitation GYgxE     
n.公共卫生,环境卫生,卫生设备
参考例句:
  • The location is exceptionally poor,viewed from the sanitation point.从卫生角度来看,这个地段非常糟糕。
  • Many illnesses are the result,f inadequate sanitation.许多疾病都来源于不健全的卫生设施。
5 vaccination bKGzM     
n.接种疫苗,种痘
参考例句:
  • Vaccination is a preventive against smallpox.种痘是预防天花的方法。
  • Doctors suggest getting a tetanus vaccination every ten years.医生建议每十年注射一次破伤风疫苗。
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