Mother and Child Week in Fata to commence from Monday

Each year Pakistan witnesses preventable deaths of 432,000 children under-five and 20,000 mothers due to causes related to pregnancy and child birth. Among the under-five deaths, two-thirds are in the newborn period (first 28 days of life) and the remaining is largely due to pneumonia (13%) and diarrhoea (11%). In FATA, 104 of every 1,000 children die before their fifth birthday1. Of these, the majority die in the first year of life (IMR 87/1000 Live Births) due to preventable diseases like

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