Children under five account for one third of deaths from foodborne diseases – new UN report

Diarrhoeal diseases are responsible for more than half of all foodborne diseases globally and of all those who fall ill after consuming contaminated food, 420,000 people die – almost third of them children under the age of five, the World Health Organization (WHO) said today in its first ever report on the issue.
Source: UN News Centre - Health, Poverty, Food Security - Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news