THARPARKAR: The death toll of children owing to malnutrition in Sindh’s Tharparker region continued to rise, as four more minors passed away in the past 24 hours.
According to the Sindh health department, the deaths took place at Civil Hospital, Mithi.
The death toll in the region has reached to at least 35 in this month.
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Every year almost 1,500 children die due to malnutrition, infections, and lack of proper medical facilities in the remote region, the health department reported.
Pakistan is among those countries where the infant mortality rate is very high and at least 22 minors die before turning one month old, the United Nation’s Children Fund reported in April this year.
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“Pakistan is the riskiest place to be born as measured by its newborn mortality rate,” the report read.
“A baby born in Pakistan is almost 50 times more likely to die during his or her first month than a baby born in Japan, Iceland, and Singapore,” it added.
