Zika and health cuts blamed for rise in baby death rates in Brazil

Increase is a blow for country once lauded for improvements in child health, as figures worsen for first time since 1990

The number of children dying in their first year of life has risen in Brazil for the first time since 1990.

It’s a worrying setback for a country once seen as a model of poverty reduction.

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