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VIDEO REPORT: Under-5 child mortality on significant decline

A new report released today by UNICEF estimates that the number of children under the age of five dying globally fell from nearly 12 million in 1990 to an estimated 6.9 million in 2011.

Read more: http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/usa_65829.html

In this UNFPA video celebrity musicians have come together to help combat maternal mortality and improve maternal health among women in Cameroon.

Alain Sibenaler, UNFPA Cameroon Representative, explains: “It appears that music and dance are powerful communication tools that can reach the broadest and most varied audience in our country, since they are part of Cameroonian culture.”

 See full story and video here: http://bit.ly/t2q0GU