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Geneva: The outbreak of Ebola virus disease has severely disrupted health services for children in Liberia, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) warned Friday as efforts were intensified to halt the spread of the deadly disease.
Sheldon Yett, UNICEF's representative in Liberia, stressed that child mortality in this African country has significantly slumped over the past decade, but now "Ebola is threatening to wipe out all those hard-earned gains for children and for Liberia", Xinhua reported.
Almost all health facilities in Liberia are closed or only partially functional, and children are not receiving protective vaccinations or being treated for the common childhood illnesses that account for the majority of deaths in children under five years of age, including malaria, pneumonia, diarrhoea, and severe acute malnutrition.
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Sheldon Yett, UNICEF's representative in Liberia, stressed that child mortality in this African country has significantly slumped over the past decade, but now "Ebola is threatening to wipe out all those hard-earned gains for children and for Liberia", Xinhua reported.
Almost all health facilities in Liberia are closed or only partially functional, and children are not receiving protective vaccinations or being treated for the common childhood illnesses that account for the majority of deaths in children under five years of age, including malaria, pneumonia, diarrhoea, and severe acute malnutrition.
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http://zeenews.india.com/news/healt...o-ebola-crisis-in-liberia-unicef_1469153.html