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Global Lessons from China's Tainted Milk

By Marcy Bloom, GIRE

October 8, 2008 - 7:00am

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Tragic news of children sickened by poisoned milk in China raises questions not only about its product safety system but about why infants in China are fed formula at all.

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Palin, Protector of Children vs. Her Record

By Lindsay Beyerstein, RH Reality Check

October 3, 2008 - 1:41pm

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Republican vice presidential nominee Gov. Sarah Palin styles herself as a fierce protector of children and families, but her record on health insurance for children and pregnant women raises doubts about her priorities.

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India Lags in Addressing Child Mortality

By Deepali Gaur Singh, RH Reality Check, Asia

August 26, 2008 - 7:00am

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Sixty percent of the under-five deaths in India occur in just five states. An Indian child's chance of celebrating the fifth birthday clearly depends on the state or community it is born into.

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