Dedicated IFFIm funding also played a significant role in combating 600, 000 cases of meningitis and maternal and neonatal tetanus.
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In many affected countries, there was a lack of awareness of maternal and neonatal tetanus and how to prevent it.
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Countries where we're still dealing with maternal and neonatal tetanus include India, China, parts of Southeast Asia, parts of sub-Saharan Africa.
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But it added that almost 2 million children died needlessly from three preventable diseases _ measles, neonatal tetanus and whooping cough.
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In 2010, Kiwanis International pledged to raise $ 110 million to eliminate maternal and neonatal tetanus throughout the world in partnership with UNICEF.
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Ivory Coast claimed to have been immunizing about half of its children against diseases such as neonatal tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis, measles and yellow fever.
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Recently, the Kiwanis International has dedicated itself to eliminating the risk of Maternal / Neonatal Tetanus ( MNT ) from the face of the earth.
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In Egypt, the number of cases of neonatal tetanus dropped from 4, 000 to fewer than 500 annually as the result of an immunisation campaign.
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_Most of the world's children are now immunized against the six leading infectious diseases of childhood _ measles, polio, tuberculosis, diphtheria, pertussis, and neonatal tetanus.
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Prevalence of some diseases is declining, including the elimination of maternal and neonatal tetanus and a sharp reduction in malaria morbidity, mortality rate, and specific lethality.
