Child mortality via Mekong River Reviews
T.R. wrote a moving entry about the situation in Burma - Putting a Human Face on the Politics of Poverty which included a reference to an entry I wrote about the high child mortality rate in the country. Unicef, in its annual report State of the World's Children, estimated that the under five mortality rate is 104/ 1,000 live births. In the post written on the Tricycle blog, there was a link to another article. The original article was taken off the site so I did a little more digging.According to an article in the The Irrawaddy, 7 Feb 2008 ( Unicef chief says International Newspapers misstated Facts ), Dr Osamu Kunii had sent a letter to the Minister of Health apologizing for his comment, where the AP article had quoted him as saying that between 100,000 to 150,000 children under five...