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Reducing Under 5 Malnutrition

Date

December 6 2001


In 1990, 32% of children in developing countries were malnourished...


... In 2000, 27% of children in developing countries were malnourished...


... This equals about 149 million children...


... The World Summit for Children's goal is to reduce this rate by 33% by 2010


Source

UNICEF: The State of the World's Children 2002

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Placed on the Communication Initiative site August 28 2003
Last Updated August 28 2003

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