Immunization
Percentage of 1-year-olds
immunized against measles |
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90% and over
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80% - 89%
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50% - 79%
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Less than 50%
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No data
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Artificial feeding
Less than
30% of infants are exclusively breastfed for the first four
months
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Access to sanitation
Less than
70% of the population have access to adequate sanitation
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Use of iodized salt
Less than
50% of households consume iodized salt.
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Sources: Immunization and access to sanitation: UNICEF/WHO;
artificial feeding and the use of idodized salt: UNICEF.
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map does not reflect a position by UNICEF on the legal status
of any country or territory or the delimitation of any frontiers.
Dotted line represents approximately the Line of Control in
Jammu and Kashmir agreed upon by India and Pakistan. The final
status of Jammu and Kashmir has not yet been agreed upon by
the parties. |
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Most causes of death in children are easily prevented,
yet almost 11 million children under five die each year.
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Over the last three decades, the world’s population of children
under 15 increased from about 1.4 billion to 1.8 billion.
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Improved breastfeeding practices and reduction of artificial
feeding could save an estimated 1.5 million children a year.
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Measles accounts for more than 7% of all deaths of children
under five around the world, half of them among infants under
the age of one.
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Adequate sanitation is crucial to reducing under-five mortality
and morbidity rates, yet 2.4 billion people lack access.
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Iodized salt is the best way to combat iodine deficiency
disorders, the world‘s leading cause of preventable mental
impairment.
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