Cambodia Record Significant Progress in Child Mortality
The mortality rate for children under the age of 5 in Cambodia has fallen by 64 percent since 1990, with the most marked decrease noted over the past decade, according to a Unicef report released yesterday. The report, Committed to Survival: A promise Renewed, lists Cambodia as one of nine low-income countries-many of which are in Sub-Saharan Africa-that managed to successfully reduce the child mortality rate by more than 60 percent. …
