05 Oct Two Million Slum Children Die Every Year as Indian Booms
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By Gethin Chamberlain in Delhi
The Observer- Sunday 4 October 2009
“India’s growing status as an economic superpower is masking a failure to stem a shocking rate of infant deaths among its poorest people.Nearly two million children under five die every year in India – one every 15 seconds – the highest number anywhere in the world. More than half die in the month after birth and 400,000 in their first 24 hours….”