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1.5 million children could be saved
09-03-2007 · EurekAlert!Despite global efforts to control it, diarrhea is still one of the most common reasons for the high child mortality rates in many low and middle-income countries. This according to a doctoral thesis, soon to be presented at the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet. One fifth of all the deaths amongst children under the age of 5 that are reported every year are caused by serious diarrhea.
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