"Of the 8.1 million deaths per year of children under the age of 5, over 40 percent happen in the first 28 days of life, or the neonatal period. The good news is that we are headed in the right direction. In 1995 there were an estimated 5.6 million neonatal deaths. The most recent estimates show the number down to around 3.6 million. Unlike the deaths that take place after a child is 28 days old, almost all of which can be prevented by inventing and delivering vaccines, reducing these early deaths requires a range of approaches." --Bill Gates
Read more in the 2011 Annual Letter from Bill Gates.
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xraydeb 28 months ago | reply
Beautiful!!!!!
christos.lam888 28 months ago | reply
So sad!!! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qv-HxhgX4go