Child health
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Children under five years of age in rural areas are vulnerable to various types of diseases because of their poor immune system. Every year, more than 10.5 million children die before they reach the 5th year of their life. Half of these deaths happen due to acute respiratory infection, diarrhoea, measles, malaria, and malnutrition. People of the rural area are not aware of vaccination. As a result, most of the children in the villages suffer from diseases like diphtheria, tetanus, measles, etc. Children around the world today confront environmental hazards that were neither known nor suspected a few decades ago. They are highly vulnerable to environmental hazards. A child drinks more water, eats more food and breathes more air than an adult. As a result, children have substantially heavier exposures than adults to any toxicants that are present in water, food or air. To protect our children from preventable diseases, each and every mother should be taught by the health workers. They should be made aware about breast feeding, child care, nutrition, vaccination, etc. The media can also play an effective role in raising awareness about child health.
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