Daily Times

THARPARKAR: Two more children succumbed to malnutrition in Sindh’s Tharparker region within the past 24 hours, the Sindh Health Department reported on Sunday.

The deaths took place at Civil Hospital, Mithhi and the deceased include an ab infant and a four-month-old.

These recent deaths of have taken the death toll in Tharparker to 32 for this month and 508 for the year.

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According to the health department, an infant and a three-year-old girl died at the Civil Hospital in Mithi on Sept 20, and annually 1,500 children die due to malnutrition, infections and lack of proper medical facilities in the remote region.

A report released by the United Nation’s Children Fund in April stated that Pakistan is among countries with the highest infant mortality rates, with 22 infants dying before turning one-month-old.

The list includes eight countries from Africa and two from Asia including Afghanistan which is ranked third.

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A baby born in Pakistan is almost 50 times more likely to die during his or her first month than a baby born in Japan, Iceland and Singapore,” the report added.

“Pakistan is the riskiest place to be born as measured by its newborn mortality rate,” the report stated.