135. More UNICEF News

While there's a dust-up at Middle Road about the state of health care in the CNMI, there's also important news about the global situation. From the New York Times:

By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr.
Published: September 13, 2007
For the first time since record keeping began in 1960, the number of deaths of young children around the world has fallen below 10 million a year, according to figures from the United Nations Children’s Fund being released today.

It's almost unbelievable that more than 10 million children per year every year since 1960 have died until now. UNICEF deserves our support for its tremendous effort and success. You can read the full report mentioned above here.