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Article: Rwanda's mother, infant mortality rates high: report
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- May 15, 2005
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Rwanda's mother, infant mortality rates high: report
KIGALI, May 15 (Xinhua) -- Rwanda has high mother and infant
mortality rates, according to the 2005 World Health Report unveiled
on Sunday.
The report indicated that in Rwanda the mortality rates of both
mothers and children before and after birth were still an issue that
had not been handled effectively, as 16 percent of pregnant mothers
die when giving birth while 40 percent of infants die at birth.
The infant mortality rates indicate that at least 1,072 per 100,
000 children die annually, with 196/1,000 dying at birth and 106/1, ...