- To save more newborns, focus on the poor, report says, By Ryan Lenora Brown, May 7, 2013, Christian Science Monitor: “Over the last two decades, the number of children dying before their fifth birthday has decreased dramatically around the globe – falling from 12 million annually in 1990 to 7 million today. But one group remains particularly at risk: newborns born to poor families. In the world’s poorest countries – as well as some of its richest – income is an increasingly large factor in how risky a baby’s first days of life are, according to a report released today by Save the Children, an international nongovernmental organization…”
- More US babies die on their first day than in 68 other countries, report shows, By Maggie Fox, April 30, 2013, NBC News: “The U.S. is a worse place for newborns than 68 other countries, including Egypt, Turkey and Peru, according to a report released Tuesday by Save the Children. A million babies die every year globally on the same day they were born, including more than 11,000 American newborns, the report estimates. Most of them could be saved with fairly cheap interventions, the group says…”
Poverty-related issues in the news, from the Institute for Research on Poverty