VOL. XLII

No. 34

23-August-1999

IRAQ

UNICEF Says Child Mortality In Iraq Has Doubled Since 1991

A recent survey conducted by the United Nations Children痴Fund (UNICEF) has found that mortality rates in Iraqi children under the age offive have more than doubled since the beginning of the Gulf War of 1991. Thestudy found that in the center and south of Iraq, where the majority of thecountry痴 22mn population lives, child mortality in 1984-89 was around 56deaths per 1,000 live births, while in 1994-99...