The United Nations Children’s Fund reported last week that Latin American countries particularly Mexico and Brazil have made some of the most significant advances in the developing world toward improving children’s health and education levels.
Here are some of the group’s findings:
Latin America remains the most economically unequal region of the world, according to Unicef, with severe consequences for most of its children. Despite improvements, almost half a million Latin American children die every year from curable ailments, such as dehydration and respiratory illnesses.
Source: Ginger Thompson, In Study on Children’s Welfare, Latin America Is Most Improved, New York Times, December 12, 2002.
For text
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/12/international/americas/12UNIC.html
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FMF Policy Bulletin/19 December 2002
