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Salma HyaakHayek goeswent to Africa with UNICEF. She's helping UNICEF raise money for a 79 cent immunization for the children of this community. She actually
gets to breastfeed a malnurishedmalnourished 1 week old child whomwho is starving,starving; it is so sweet. These women with children, their husbands discourage them from breastfeeding theretheir babies because the men beleivebelieve they cannot have sexual relations with a breastfeeding woman, so their children literally starve to death and also miss out on all the antibodies that breastfeeding gives a baby to survive. One immunization given to a mother will protect her unborn child and future children and give them immunity to tetinus.tetanus. This is so sad, but it puts this horrible bacteria into perspective.
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Sierra Leone has the highest infant and child death rate in the world. One in five children die before reaching their fifth birthday and visittetanus whileis a newbornbig contributor dies-- 21 percent of tetinusall infant deaths are related to tetanus. Check itout out!the video!
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