EUROPE/SWITZERLAND - World Health Day 2005 focus on health of mother and child

Rome (Fides Service) - For the next World Health Day celebrated every year on April 7 the World Health Organisation WHO has chosen the theme “The health of mother and child”. In developing countries WHO recalls that pregnancy and child birth are two of the main causes of death among childbearing age women and that one out of every 12 children die before they are five years old. The slogan for 2005 World Heath Day is: “Every mother and every child deserve a chance”. (AP) (30/10/2004 Agenzia Fides; Righe:10; Parole:100)