Child Death Rates

child death rates: The first in-depth study of famine deaths in Somalia in 2011 was released Thursday, and it estimates that 133,000 children under age 5 died, with child death rates approaching 20 per cent in some communities. More Related to this Story, according to Globe and Mail. Globe Editorial Stay ahead of the famine A ban on food aid decision by extremist Islamic militants and a normalization of crisis that numbed international donors to unfolding disaster made south-central Somalia the most dangerous place in the world to be a child in 2011. Drought: how science can help save Africa (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.