"Malaria is a deadly disease that affects millions of people, and amongst children in Africa it causes one in every five deaths," Professor Christophides said.

Christophides教授说：“疟疾是影响到数百万人的致命疾病，在非洲的儿童里，每五例死亡就有一个是它造成的。”

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More than 100 million children under age five were underweight in 2010 and more than 170 million were stunted because of it, according to WHO figures.

根据世卫组织的数字，2010年有1亿多名五岁以下儿童体重不足，并有1.7亿多儿童因此而发育迟缓。

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It is estimated that around one in 100 children between five-years-old and nine-years-old have autism, meaning there are around 500, 000 in Britain.

据估计，五至九岁的孩子中一百个中约有一个患有自闭症，也就是说，英国约有五十万自闭症患儿。

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It notes three out of 1,000 children under age five die in Iceland, Sweden and Finland compared to in Sierra Leone.

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It says malnutrition rates are high. It says 46 percent of children under five are underweight and 53 percent are suffering from stunting.

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From Five Children and It by Edith Nesbit, excerpted with permission from Puffin Books.

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Given that 17 of the burials were children between five months and 16 years old, it's suspected that the cranial deformation itself was responsible for the deaths.

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Since Savile's death in 2011 aged 84, allegations have emerged that lead police to believe the late Radio 1 DJ and Jim'll Fix It presenter sexually abused hundreds of children and young people over five decades.

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