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Six more die in Pakistan's famine-hit region
Islamabad,
Jan
24:
At
lease
six
more
infants
died
due
to
malnutrition
in
famine-hit
Thar
area
of
Pakistan,
raising
the
death
toll
to
47
in
January.
Two
newborn
babies
died
due
to
premature
births
and
malnutrition
in
Civil
Hospital
Mithi.
One
was
22
days
old
and
the
other
born
merely
two
days
ago,
The
News
International
reported.
Meanwhile, two twin children and five-month old Shahnawaz and seven-day old Bashiran passed away in separate villages of Chachro.
Six deaths on Friday has raised the total number of children deaths in the prevailing month to 47.
The situation in drought-hit Thar is still grim as there has been no rainfall for the third consecutive year.
IANS
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