... HEALTH is a basic human right, no matter who you are. But for some 26,500 IrishTravellers, infant mortality is three times greater than the national average and life expectancy is some 10-12 years less than settled people. Australian journalist ANNA MAGEE ...

... Ireland Is ameng doe most dampereas places in Europe is have a baby with above-average infant mortality mortality rate was 5.2 per 1,000 live births. In Ireland, the mortality rate was 5.9 per 1000 live births. Over 1200 babies died after birth in Ireland in ...

... it meant and chose so do it. It was infant mortality that brought the age gradually back, especially in Victorian times when it was rare for every child in a (usually large) family to survive. Now that infant mortality is down • I 1 • ...

... race, or ethnic culture has picked up and with it the average income. The rate of infant mortality has fallen, in contrast to standards of living, which are rising rapidly. However, there is still more to do in Kwamtoro - more lives to be saved, more ...

... 'difficult' 17405. This is not a mere study of population trends as the author includes aspects of social history such as infant mortality and marriage / first birth intervals. There are interesting discoveries relating to the position of women in society ...

... Oscar nominations, and don't deserve any. but it's still worth a took Ideal for emotion& sadists - its full of suffering, infant mortality and ram. lots of rain The film follows the descent of the McCourt family from rags to ru•n. and young Frank's strugg:e ...

... Italy. Infant mortality in Ireland and the rest of the EU has fallen to around five per 1,000 births, compared with an average of 12 per 1,000 20 years ago. By contrast, in Malawi, life expectancy is 39 years worse than in 1980 infant mortality is 132 ...

... vision of a world where no one is needlessly blind. Nigeria has a populationof 120 million people. life expectancy is 52. Infant mortality rate per 1000 is 112. There are OM million blind people, and three million are visually Impaired. Sight Siverioffers ...

... of her grandmother's children had also died under the age of five. 'frupti Patel (35) spoke of the family's history of infant mortality as she gave evidence before the jury at Reading Crown Court. Fighting to maintain her composure, Ms Patel, a pharmacist ...

... past her third birthday before she could walk. Murphy, concerned with Ireland's high rate of infant mortality, spent her last savings on tickets to England, leaving soon after the 1916 Easter uprising. She settled in Liverpool and a two-room house in ...

... edforlBmonths' MEDIEVAL mothers breast-fed their newborn babies for up to 18 months to save them from high levels of infant mortality, research showed today. Babies at that time enjoyed mother's milk for longer than their counterparts today, according ...

... established alarming disparities in the health access enjoyed by travellers and the settled community. Healthcare access, infant mortality rates and life expectancy rates arc all lower for travellers than for other members of the community. ...