The issue of child mortality is currently under international spotlight, as the rates of neonatal and under five mortality are sobering. „About 29,000 children under the age of five [approximately] 21 each minute die every day, mainly from preventable causes‟. Although there has been a decline in global child mortality rates since 1990, sub-Saharan Africa still has the highest rates, where one child in eight dies before age five. As contained in the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) 2010 report, in 2008, sub-Saharan Africa bore half of the 8.8 million deaths in children under five. / Thesis (LLM (Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa))--University of Pretoria, 2012. / http://www.chr.up.ac.za/ / nf2012 / Centre for Human Rights / LLM
Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:up/oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/18617 |
Date | 24 April 2012 |
Creators | Aduba, Nkeiruka Adaobi |
Contributors | Tindifa, Samuel B. (Sam) |
Publisher | University of Pretoria |
Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
Language | English |
Detected Language | English |
Type | Mini Dissertation |
Rights | University of Pretoria |
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