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Global child mortality projected to rise for the first time in decades

The Gates Foundation and the University of Washington estimate that more than 200,000 more kids will die this year than last. We get the latest on the unravelling of one of the most significant public health victories in decades from Brooke Nichols, a professor of global health at Boston University.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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