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WHO, Unicef join hands to bring down child mortality globally

Apr 12, 2013    

New Delhi: Taking the bull by its horns, WHO and Unicef have put together a Global Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of Pneumonia and Diarrhoea (GAPPD) aimed at ending preventable child deaths by these two major killers by 2025.In India, pneumonia accounts for 23 percent and diarrhoea accounts for 12 percent of under-five (age) child deaths.The report, which includes up-to-date strategies ...

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