Many Children's Deaths Preventable: WHO
　　Over five million children die each year from disease, infections and accidents related to their environment although many of these deaths are largely preventable, says the World health Organization.
　　On Monday, the WHO asked governments and citizens around the world to take action to create healthy environments for children as it celebrated World Health Day.
　　"The biggest threats to children's health lurk in the very places that should be safest-home, school and community," said Dr. Gro Harlem Brundtland, director-general of the WHO at the day's launch in New Delhi, India.
　　"Every child has the right to grow up in a healthy home, school and community. They future development of our children-and of their world-depends on their enjoying good health now. We have their future in our hands. Now we must work more effectively together to reduce the risks from the environment which our children face," Brundtland said.
　　This year's theme, "Healthy Environments for Children" focuses on the many dangers faced by children in and around the places where they live and play.
　　These include inadequate access to safe drinking water and sanitation, insect-borne diseases, air pollution, chemical hazards and injuries from traffic, falls, burns and drownings.
　　Communities around the world organized events to promote awareness of children's health issues, which included drawing contests for schoolchildren in Vietnam, street plays in India, puppet shows in Namibia professional lectures for policy makers in Germany and elsewhere.
　　Activities also took place in cities across Canada on Monday, including Calgary, Montreal, Halifax and Ottawa.
　　Although children under five represent only 10 per cent of the world's population, they bear 40 per cent of the global disease burden, says the WHO. And as much as one-third of the total burden of disease may be caused by environmental factors.
　　World health Day has been celebrated on April 7th since 1950. Each year the WHO chooses a theme to highlight areas of particular concern. Last year's theme, Move for health, focused on promoting physical activity as part of healthy living. [卫生类A]
　　世界卫生组织：许多孩子的死亡是可以预防的
　　世界卫生组织报告，每年都有500万以上的儿童死于与他们所处环境有关的疾病、感染或事故，尽管其中的许多情况都是可以预防的。
　　周一，世界卫生组织在庆祝世界卫生日时，呼吁全世界的政府和人民都采取行动，为孩子们创造一个健康的环境。
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