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Montevideo, November 17th 2024 - 07:36 UTC

Tag: child mortality rates

  • Tuesday, June 4th 2024 - 09:36 UTC

    Poverty on the rise in Argentina, study finds

    According to the study, 32.5% of people with a regular job live “in households in poverty.”

    According to a study published Monday by the Observatory of the Argentine Social Debt (ODSA for its acronym in Spanish), poverty rose to 55.5% of the population, affecting nearly 25 million people in the South American country in the first quarter of 2024. At the same time, indigence (a situation even below poverty) reached 17.5% with a food insecurity scope of 24.7% of the population.

  • Monday, May 5th 2014 - 06:11 UTC

    The Lancet acknowledges Argentina's child mortality rates have dropped dramatically

    According to the most prestigious medical journal, there are 14.2 under five child deaths per 1,000 births in Argentina

    Argentina has been improving its mortality rates over the past decades, as it was revealed on Friday by the prestigious medical journal The Lancet. Although Argentina's rates are better than other countries in the region, including Brazil, Cuba, Uruguay and Chile among others still have the better numbers.