Global & Disaster Medicine

UNICEF: As many as 150 children die every day in Myanmar before they reach their fifth birthday

May 26th, 2017

The Guardian

  • The child mortality rate is estimated at about 50 per 1,000 live births in Myanmar. In the UK, the rate is four per 1,000.
  • Child rights violations, including the use of children as soldiers.
  • Nearly 30% of children under five suffer from moderate or severe malnutrition
  • More than half of all children live below the poverty line.
  • In western Rakhine state, 120,000 internally displaced people live in camps as a result of inter-communal conflict that erupted in 2012.
  • Violence against Rohingya Muslims, for whom the government does not provide full citizenship rights, has surged since October following attacks on border guard posts.

 

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