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Children Under Five Account for One Third of Deaths from Foodborne Diseases – New UN Report

by Press on December 3, 2015

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Thirty per cent of all deaths from foodborne diseases are in children under the age of 5 years, despite the fact that they make up only nine per cent of the global population. Photo: WHO/PAHO