400 Children Die Every Day in Burma

From the US Campaign for Burma comes this report:
http://uscampaignforburma.org
400 children a day die in Burma
Hundreds of children aged under five die from preventable diseases each day in military-ruled Burma, UN officials said.
The figures are the second-worst mortality rate for children in Asia except for Afghanistan.
Dr Osamu Kunii, a nutrition expert in Burma for the UN, said there were between 100,000 to 150,000 child deaths per year in the country - or between 270 and 400 daily.
http://ukpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5iHJX1k3fZ3Y8nl5wLZJjRfCOxX0Q
And this from Burmese Bloggers Without Borders :
UNICEF: As many as 411 children die daily in Myanmar; second-worst in Asia
[Source - AP], Wednesday, January 23, 2008
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) Hundreds of children under age 5 die from preventable diseases each day in military-ruled Myanmar, the second-worst mortality rate for children in Asia after Afghanistan, U.N. officials said Wednesday.
Dr. Osamu Kunii, the nutrition expert in Myanmar for the U.N. Children's Fund, said there were 100,000 to 150,000 child deaths per year in the country or between 274 and 411 daily.
He was speaking at a briefing by UNICEF for its annual report on ''The State of the World's Children,'' released Tuesday. The under-5 mortality rate is a critical indicator of the well-being of children.
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Bless Sylvester Stallone for bringing the Burmese cause to Hollywood and the world. He’s been promoting the new Rambo movie but continues to talk about the atrocities happening every day in that beleaguered country. Here’s a web site where you can use your creativity to post a photo comment of support for Burma:
http://www.dontforgetburma.org/