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Ramatou Touré, chief of child protection with UNICEF DRC, calls the problem endemic.
About half the reported cases are in areas of conflict.
Touré says sexual violence is often used as a weapon of war.
But elsewhere, high rates of poverty and child marriage exacerbate the problem.
The report calls on the government to do more to support survivors.
Air pollution can cause all sorts of problems, from aggravating asthma to increasing risk of stroke.
Researchers have also found that air pollution can lower birth weight, which can cause problems for newborns.
But it was unclear whether there were certain windows of pregnancy that matter to a developing fetus.
A team of researchers combined localized measurements of air pollution across the United States with birth weight data for over 16,000 mother-newborn pairs.
In the journal JAMA Network Open, researchers report that higher air pollution was associated with lower birth weight.
Exposure during early pregnancy, especially the first five weeks, had an even greater impact.
Male newborns were slightly more susceptible to the effects of pollution than female newborns.
Air pollution can cause all sorts of problems, from aggravating asthma to increasing risk of stroke.
Researchers have also found that air pollution can lower birth weight, which can cause problems for newborns.
But it was unclear whether there were certain windows of pregnancy that matter to a developing fetus.
A team of researchers combined localized measurements of air pollution across the United States with birth weight data for over 16,000 mother-newborn pairs.
In the journal JAMA Network Open, researchers report that higher air pollution was associated with lower birth weight.
Exposure during early pregnancy, especially the first five weeks, had an even greater impact.