Iraqi children under five are dying at more than twice the rate they were 10 years ago according to a report from Unicef, the United Nations' children's fund. The report compiled in conjunction with the World Health Organisation and the Iraqi Government is the first survey of child and maternal mortality in Iraq to be carried since the end of the Gulf War in 1991. It shows a dramatic rise in child mortality rates in central and southern Iraq Unicef estimates that over the last 10 years at least half a million child deaths could have been prevented. Iraqi doctors have warned that many more children will die of preventable diseases unless sanctions against the country are lifted. UNICEF press release ************************************** http://www.unicef.org/newsline/99pr29.htm ************************************** -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alexia.net.au/~www/mhutton/index.html Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
