- 493 children have died in Tharparkar this year alone
THARPARKAR: Two more children died due to malnutrition within the past 24 hours in Tharparkar, Sindh as child death toll continues to climb.
The two children, aged five and eight-days old, died at the Civil Hospital in Mithhi, according to the Sindh Health Department.
Approximately 493 children have died in Tharparker this year while 17 have died this month alone.
Poor medical facilities, malnutrition and infections cause deaths of 1,500 children each year, according to the health department.
A UNICEF report released this year listed Pakistan among countries with the highest rates of infant mortality.
“Pakistan is the riskiest place to be born as measured by its newborn mortality rate,” the report stated. “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.”
