4/15/2011
6:27pm
The world health organization is appealing for the need of more basic health care for babies to prevent millions of deaths during and soon after birth. It’s said that half a million women die in childbirth every year, along with 11 million under-fives. The WHO appealed for a substantial increase in funding to help improve maternal and infant healthcare. The UN says that a lot of these conditions that contribute to the deaths can be easily avoided or treated. Reports say that the half a million women who die of pregnancy related deaths was a scandal. They also say that twenty children under five die every minute along with one woman who will die in pregnancy or childbirth. Of the 11 million deaths it includes more than four million newborns that die within a month not including the 3.3 million stillbirths every year. According to the World Health Report less than two thirds of women in developing countries give birth with the help of qualified assistance. Which drops to fewer than one-third in the poorest countries. For those children under five it’s found that they mainly die from Pneumonia, diarrhea, malaria, measles, neonatal ailment and Aids. The UN says that $9Bn is needed every year over the next ten years, within the countries most needed to help reach the United Nations development goals on child mortality.
Eleven million under five deaths is an astonishing number that still seems very much unimaginable in the world that we have today. With so much advancement within the world one would think that there would be a better contribution towards maternal and child health. There should be a way to contribute to helping those within developing countries for better health care for mothers and their child. Within the developing countries a lot of it is probably due to the areas and the environments in which the women stay that prevents them from getting care. The contributing money could help in training those within the developing areas to become certified in helping within childbirth.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4419161.stm
1 comment:
A lot of the infant mortality cases are due to prenatal care as well. Along with the babies dying during child birth comes the factor of improper care before they are born. Health care reform should consider this factor in addition to health care for baby and mother after the birth.
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