5 April 2003:
As of today, a cumulative total of 2416 SARS cases and 89 deaths have been reported from 18 countries. This represents an increase of 63 cases and 5 deaths compared with yesterday. The deaths occurred in Hong Kong SAR (3), Malaysia (1), and Singapore (1). The death reported by Malaysia represents the first case reported in that country.
New cases were reported in Canada (5), Hong Kong SAR (39), Taiwan, China (2), Singapore (1), the United Kingdom (1), and the United States of America (15). One of the two probable cases reported in Switzerland was removed from the list.
The World Health Organization's SARS pages.
WHO is the United Nations specialized agency for health.
UNICEF is the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund.
in 1999 they had this to say:
The first surveys since 1991 of child and maternal mortality in Iraq reveal that in the heavily-populated southern and central parts of the country, children under five are dying at more than twice the rate they were ten years ago. UNICEF Executive Director Carol Bellamy said the findings reveal an ongoing humanitarian emergency.
UNICEF Newsline Wednesday, 12 August 1999.
and now:
Almost half of Iraq's total population is aged under 18. Even before the conflict began, many children were highly vulnerable to disease and malnutrition. One in four children aged under five is chronically malnourished. One in eight die before their fifth birthday.
Iraq: The Big Picture UNICEF 5 April 2003
{but now The Children of God will have their oil, and their relative 'security' increased, at least temporarily, and, maybe now, enough time for mercy.}
