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Re:Life expectancy in India goes up by 5 years in a decade by CmonDev on Wednesday January 29, 2014 @04:14AM (#7142849)
This is obviously good news, but I guess the fight with overpopulation is over.
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Re:Life expectancy in India goes up by 5 years in a decade by dmnd on Wednesday January 29, 2014 @04:57AM (#7142995)
We're winning that fight, though it's not yet over: http://annualletter.gatesfoundation.org/#section=myth-three

A quick summary is that lowering child mortality actually reduces the fertility rate, causing population growth to slow. Longer lifespans mean fewer people.

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