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Some 1.8 million newborn deaths a year in South-East Asia are preventable - UN health agency

Some 1.8 million newborn deaths a year in South-East Asia are preventable - UN health agency

Dec 15, 2015, at 03:11 pm

New York, Dec 15 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Nearly 7,400 newborns die every day in South-East Asia, causing untold misery to mothers and families, yet two thirds can be saved with proven cost-effective measures, the United Nations health agency said today, calling on Governments to act urgently against a scourge that kills 2.7 million newborns annually.