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Make Every Mother and Child Count Make Every Mother and Child Count
World Health Day is celebrated every year on April 7. The theme of World Health Day 2005 was healthy mothers and children. It provided an opportunity to raise awareness that too many mothers and children in the world are dying or suffering from the effects of ill-health, poor nutrition, and inadequate health care. In developing countries, pregnancy and childbirth are one of the leading causes of death for women of reproductive age, and one child in 12 does not reach his or her fifth birthday.
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