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Global Decline in Diarrhoeal Disease Deaths

Kumari Sonali

Global Decline in Diarrhoeal Disease Deaths:

A recent study published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases highlights a decline in global deaths caused by diarrheal diseases.There has been a nearly 60% drop in global deaths due to diarrhoeal diseases, with 1.2 million deaths reported in 2021, down from 2.9 million in 1990.Children under five and the elderly (above 70 years) remain highly vulnerable, especially in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, where mortality rates are highest.

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