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Aboriginal children's health below national averages: UNICEF
By Amy Minsky, Canwest News Service
A father and son go seal hunting on northern Hudson Bay. Between 2002 and 2006, the tuberculosis rate among the Inuit was 90 times higher than in the non-Aboriginal population in Canada, the study said.
Photograph by: Ed Struzik, Canwest News Service
The infant mortality rate across Canadian First Nations reserves is up to seven times higher than among the general population, according to a report released Wednesday from UNICEF Canada.
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"Governments must meet the needs of the child as a first priority," said Bennett. "That obligation must always supersede government interests. When it comes between life and death, it's imperative that the needs of the child are put first."
Calls to Health Canada were not immediately returned.
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http://www.canada.com/health/Aborig...w+national+averages+UNICEF/1727927/story.html
By Amy Minsky, Canwest News Service
A father and son go seal hunting on northern Hudson Bay. Between 2002 and 2006, the tuberculosis rate among the Inuit was 90 times higher than in the non-Aboriginal population in Canada, the study said.
Photograph by: Ed Struzik, Canwest News Service
The infant mortality rate across Canadian First Nations reserves is up to seven times higher than among the general population, according to a report released Wednesday from UNICEF Canada.
snip
"Governments must meet the needs of the child as a first priority," said Bennett. "That obligation must always supersede government interests. When it comes between life and death, it's imperative that the needs of the child are put first."
Calls to Health Canada were not immediately returned.
© Copyright (c) Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/health/Aborig...w+national+averages+UNICEF/1727927/story.html