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Children under five account for one third of deaths from foodborne diseases: UN

Children under five account for one third of deaths from foodborne diseases: UN

Dec 04, 2015, at 02:51 pm

New York, Dec 4 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Diarrhoeal diseases are responsible for more than half of all foodborne diseases globally and of all those who fall ill after consuming contaminated food, 420,000 people die – almost third of them children under the age of five, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday in its first ever report on the issue.