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Zim maternal mortality halved - NewsDay Zimbabwe

In its latest annual report on Zimbabwe’s health sector, Unicef said: “A big achievement for Zimbabwe….under five mortality, meanwhile, also declined significantly in just five years, from 75 to 65 deaths per 1 000 live births between 2014 and 2019.”

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