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750,000 kids born too soon every year in Pakistan
Written on:May 3, 2012
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KARACHI Amar Guriro Each year, some 15 million babies in the world are born too early. More than 1 million of those babies die shortly after birth; countless others suffer some type of lifelong physical, neurological or educational disability, often at great cost to families and society; and Pakistan is eighth in the top 10 countries with the highest rate of preterm births, disclosed a detailed report titled ‘Born Too…
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