UNICEF, Yemeni government rush to help prevent child mortality [Archives:2008/1127/Reportage]
February 7 2008
By: khalil Alkhaubari
Each year, 100 per every 1000 Yemeni children die before their fifth birthday, according to the latest UNICEF report, titled “State Of The World's Children.”” Yemen has one of the highest death rates for children under five years old.
More than one-third of these children die within their first month of life