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Report: Poor countries need to do more to prevent young girls marrying before they are physically ready, a phenomenon that cause more than one million infant deaths a year

TOM MALITI, Associated Press Writer
AP Worldstream
05-04-2004
Dateline: NAIROBI, Kenya
Poor countries need to do more to prevent young girls marrying before they are physically ready for parenthood, a phenomenon which causes some one million infant deaths a year, an aid group said Tuesday.

In 10 "highest risk countries" _ nine of which are in sub-Saharan Africa _ more than one in six girls aged 15 to 19 give birth each year, and nearly one in seven of their babies die in their first 12 months, Save the Children USA said.

The young mothers are also put at risk, with an estimated 70,000 dying each year because of causes related to pregnancy and child birth, the group said, citing U.N. figures.

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