Leading causes of death in children under-5 years are preterm birth complications, birth asphyxia/trauma, pneumonia, congenital anomalies, diarrhoea and malaria, all of which can be prevented or treated with access to simple, affordable interventions including immunization, adequate nutrition, safe water and food and quality care by a trained health provider when needed. font-weight: 700; .text-blue { font-family: 'FontAwesome'; background: #4d4d4d; background-color: #f5f5f5; .member-state-grouping-letter { padding: 1rem; padding: 20px; padding: 1rem 0 1rem 0; In the last five years, nearly 20 countries in the region conducted emergency obstetric care (EmOC) assessments. padding-left: 40px; Although the challenges of achieving the goal of reducing child mortality are daunting, some African countries are leading the way in overcoming these challenges and thus becoming a beacon of hope for others.Notes1. Preterm birth and low birth weight. margin-top: 20px; } It is privileged to host senior United Nations officials as well as distinguished contributors from outside the United Nations system whose views are not necessarily those of the United Nations. } font-family: 'FontAwesome'; .country { Unfortunately, many girls around the world face what is known as "period poverty." } In 1960, Africa contributed to approximately 14 per cent of the global child mortality burden. While coverage of comprehensive EmOC is generally adequate, that of basic EmOC in most countries assessed remains extremely low. background: rgba(77,77,77,0.9); max-width: 70%; right: 60%; padding: 0 1px 0 5px; These have been translated into the new Global Strategy for Womens, Childrens and Adolescents Health (Global Strategy), which calls for ending preventable child deaths while addressing emerging child health priorities. Sudden infant death syndrome. color:#009edb; margin: 1em 0 0.5em 0; .text-lead-lg { Malnourished children, particularly those with severe acute malnutrition, have a higher risk of death from common childhood illness such as diarrhoea, pneumonia, and malaria. border-top: solid #aaa 1px; Obesity. But even more importantand it might seem a little counterintuitive at firstis to decrease newborn, child as well as mother mortality right. Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, Humanitarian Action for Children 2023 - Democratic Republic of the Congo, DR Congo : the ongoing emergency in Rutshuru, UNICEF DRC Humanitarian Situation Report No. On average, children under-five mortality dropped from 188 per 1,000 live births in 1990 to only 171 in 2003. Basic infrastructure, such as roads, water, electricity and telecommunications, are bare necessities. .member-state-grouping-letter { } list-style: none; -moz-transition: all 0.25s ease-in-out; margin: auto 0 1.5rem 0; /* -- end added by Tulin -- */ why is the mortality rate important . .back-to-toplink a { /* -- begin added by Gedi --*/ Thirty of these countries will need to double their current rate of reduction and 23 will need to triple their current rate of reduction. } border-right: 1px solid rgba(51,51,51,.2); padding: 0 1px 0 5px; .observance-item-title a { Women who breastfeed also have a reduced risk of breast and ovarian cancers. Since 1990, the global under-5 mortality rate has dropped by 59%, from 93 deaths per 1,000 live births in 1990 to 38 in 2019. Infant mortality means the death of young children under the age of one whereas child mortality refers to the death of children under the age of five. .carousel-caption.top-text { padding: 10px; vertical-align: middle; border-bottom: dotted 0.1rem #333333; We now have the knowledge to not only improve our capacities for intercultural dialogue, but also the evidence showing the impact that it can have on issues related to peace and inclusion. } border:none; There has been progress here as well, notably in scaling up key interventions, such as skilled attendance during delivery. And evidence tells us that education, especially of girls, is critical for the development and empowerment of women. /* font-weight: bold; */ font-size: 1.25em; height: 205px; color: #ffffff !important; /* ************* side bar nav menu **************** */ margin: 4rem 0 auto 0; border-bottom: dotted 0.1rem #ffffff; } Consider the following ways to help reduce the risk: Preventing Birth Defects Addressing Preterm Birth, Low Birth Weight, and Their Outcomes Getting Pre-Pregnancy and Prenatal Care font-weight: 600; font-family: 'Fontawesome'; } .observance-item { font-family: 'Fontawesome'; blockquote p::before { It raises economic productivity, reduces poverty, lowers infant and maternal mortality, and helps improve nutritional status and health.In addition, clean water and adequate sanitation in schools often trigger demand for clean water and good sanitation practices in the wider community. War, political instability, malnutrition, small health budget and bad roads reasons why the child mortality rate in the DR Congo ranks among the highest in the world are many. content: "\f105"; box-shadow: 0 10px 20px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.19), 0 6px 6px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.23); font-weight: 700; . padding:5px 10px !important; border-bottom: dotted 0.1rem #333333; Improvements in the health of pregnant women and new mothers will play an important role in generating further reductions in child mortality. In the Democratic Republic of Congo, 170* out of 1000 children under the age of five died in 2010, a figure that ranks among the highest in the world and could be compared to Sweden where the figure was three out of 100. color: #ffffff !important; vertical-align: middle; And universal basic education reduces poverty and contributes to economic growth by increasing productivity. border-bottom: none; margin: 1rem 1.5rem; -o-transition: all 0.25s ease-in-out; And youre absolutely right! box-shadow: 5px 5px 3px #f2f2f2; color: #009edb; With an estimated cost of $327 -$397 per death . } Challenges to Accelerating the Pace of Poverty Reduction, Building Bridges in an Age of Uncertainty: We Need to Talk, United Nations Official Document System (ODS), Maintaining International Peace and Security, The Office of the Secretary-Generals Envoy on Youth. This is equivalent to 1 in 11 children dying before reaching age 5 in 1990, compared to 1 in 27 in 2019. font-size: 1.75rem !important; UNICEFs health programme for child survival will help building up the country's health care and reduce mortality both among children as well as their mothers. font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 1.2em !important; border-bottom: none; .country { } } The first measure of success in education is ensuring all children complete primary schooling. } /************ some interactivity */ /* **** adjusting for screen size ***** */ } margin: 1.5rem 0 2rem 0; .node-sidebar-item-body { .blue-well a, .blue-well a:hover, .blue-well a:active { padding-top: 5px; The quality of knowledge and the level of competency that schools are able to successfully impart are equally important. The rise of injury deaths changes the nature of interventions to improve older child survival. By doing so, we can assure they dont only come the first time, but for the second and third vaccination as well. bottom: 100px; ul.underline-links li a, ol.underline-links li a { background: url(https://www.un.org/sites/un2.un.org/files/arrow.png) no-repeat; list-style: circle !important; Rumishael Shoo is Regional Advisor of Child Survival and Development, with the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Office. font-weight: bold; font-size: 14px !important; } a.social-icon-android::after { The evidence also shows that children who lose their mothers are more likely to die before their second birthday than those whose mothers survive. } We need to rethink the way we see waste. This is due to the fact that parents cannot be sure that their babies will make it to adulthood.. } border-left: solid #eeeeee 5px; .image-metadata { @media only screen and (min-width: 992px) { The total number of under-5 deaths worldwide has declined from 12.6 million in 1990 to 5.2 million in 2019. And despite progress, the world is not yet on track to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) target of a two-thirds reduction in the rate of child mortality by 2015.Improvements in the health of pregnant women and new mothers will play an important role in generating further reductions in child mortality. } right: 20px; border-top: #00a1d9 solid 3px; font-weight: 700; content: "\f105"; margin-right: 0.3em; .grey-well { .caps { background: #009EDB; } There are several things pregnant women can do to help reduce the risk of certain birth defects, such as getting enough folic acid before and during pregnancy to prevent neural tube defects. This programme has been tested in many countries and has demonstrated that it successfully spreads healthful habits and practices beyond schools and into homes and communities.The relationship between education and child and maternal health is clear. All donations are tax deductible in full or in part. font-size: 2rem !important; .grey-well { .text-tagline { transition: all 0.25s ease-in-out; .observance-item-title a:hover { .horizontal-line-top-blue-arrow { ul.block-list li { .unorg-home-hero.col-md-3 { .node-sidebar-item-body p a:hover { padding: 1em 1em; } Instead of comprehensively analyzing the global poverty trend, this article discusses two major challenges to achieving the global targets: (i) the slow pace of poverty reduction in Eastern and Southern Africa and (ii) the lack of frequency and timeliness of poverty data. .photo-credit { WHO calls on Member States to address health equity through universal health coverage so that all children are able to access essential health services without undue financial hardship. -moz-box-shadow: 0 10px 20px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.19), 0 6px 6px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.23); border: solid 1px #000; .node-sidebar-item-body ul li a:hover { .blue-well-header { font-size: 1.2em; border:none; Focused efforts are still needed in Sub-Saharan Africa and South East Asia to prevent 80 per cent of these deaths. Distribution of impregnated mosquito nets has contributed to the drop of child mortality, as well as vaccinations, even though the programme still doesnt reach all children. Injuries (including road traffic injuries and drowning) are the leading causes of death among older children. The rates in six countries -- Bangladesh, Bhutan, Bolivia, Eritrea, Lao People's Democratic Republic and Nepal -- fell by 50 per cent or more from 1990 to 2006, although under-five mortality rates in these countries remain high. text-align: center; .blue-well a:hover { Economic growth, poverty reduction and access to skilled health workers all contribute to improving child survival and reducing maternal mortality.Providing a basic education, especially to girls, will also be crucial to building on the gains of the recent past. padding-left: 2em; .horizontal-line-top-blue-arrow { font-size: 14px !important; ol.ol-decimal { We still have a lot of work to do, but we already see the situation improving, with child mortality rate that has actually dropped during the last decade from 213 per thousand children and year to 158, says Amadou Alassane Cisse, a medical doctor who is in charge of UNICEFs Child Survival Programme in Eastern DRC covering 163 health zones. .menu-sub { Faced with a lack of girl-friendly facilities, many parents withdraw their daughters from school when they reach adolescence. } background: #eee; Countries with the highest number of deaths for 5 to 9-year-olds include India, Nigeria, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Pakistan and China. font-size: 2rem !important; ol.ol-decimal { } } Thirty of these countries will need to double their current rate of reduction and 23 will need to triple their current rate of reduction. Impact: NVAP prevents blindness in approximately 2,000 children each year, and was found to reduce under-five mortality in Nepal by about half between 1995 and 2000. /* -- begin added by Tulin -- */ box-shadow: 5px 5px 3px #f2f2f2; She currently chairs the UN Standing Committee on Nutrition. h3.header-md { margin-bottom: 2rem; .international-items { left: 5%; But thats not fast enough, per the World Health Organization and other development agencies. Today, sub-Saharan Africa alone accounts for almost 50 per cent of child mortality, although it constitutes only 11 per cent of the world population. } According to The Borgen Project, wherever child mortality rights are high, birthrates are high. .international-items.resolution { .section1 { As always, poor countries are particularly affected, as there generally is less access to education, especially for girls and women. Sida is the only donor providing core-funding to UNICEF's Child Survival Programme in DR Congo. background-color: #009edb; content:'\f17b'; Half of all under-five deaths in 2019 occurred in just five countries: Nigeria, India, Pakistan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Ethiopia. Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability, Please pray for continued progress in protecting children from disease and malnutrition, Donate life-saving medicines and supplies. } font-weight: 700; .eventitem:hover { The UNChronicleisnot an official record. UNICEFs Child Survival Programme will contribute to building up the country's health system by supporting the DR Congo's own national health policy, and the programme is implemented in collaboration with the country's health ministry. border-top: solid #aaa 1px; In addition, in the United States and worldwide, the most common causes of infant death in the first weeks after birth are different than those that occur later in the first year. border-bottom: #eeeeee dotted 2px; -webkit-box-shadow: 0 10px 20px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.19), 0 6px 6px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.23); .menu-sub { } margin-top: 2rem; .main-container.container { color:#ffffff !important; font-size: 32.24px; .grey-well { font-size: 4.5rem !important; font-weight: 600; At the country level, mortality rates for older children ranged from 0.2 to 16.8 deaths per 1000 children aged 5 years. border-radius: 10px; .back-to-toplink { } /* **** icons for links ***** */ /* -- begin added by Tulin -- */ } It is clear that a number of challenges needs to be overcome in Africa to reduce child mortality.Low coverage of interventions and weak delivery systems. Get inspiration in your inbox!Join a community of change makers. } -moz-box-shadow: 0 1px 3px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.12), 0 1px 2px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.24); ol.ol-decimal, ol.ol-lower-latin { padding-bottom: 0px; box-shadow: 0 1px 3px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.12), 0 1px 2px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.24); h1.header-entry-page { -o-box-shadow: 0 10px 20px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.19), 0 6px 6px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.23); } /* ********* some padding for side bar items ********** */ font-size: 1.75rem !important; A significant expansion of children's access to antiretroviral treatment and PMTCT services for mothers is therefore essential, in order to have significant impact on infant and child mortality, which has shown to be the case in Botswana.In conclusion, opportunities exist to scale up child survival interventions through capitalizing on well-functioning and successful programmes, such as the Expanded Programmes of Immunization, relatively high antenatal care attendance and the Integrated Child Health campaigns. A survey of coverage of interventions in 2006 found that a number of countries are making progress in scaling up coverage, but this remains insufficient to meet MDG 4 for Africa as a continent2.Community and household-level interventions have highest impact, but are given lowest priority. Malnutrition is an underlying cause of mortality in more than 54 per cent of deaths4.Linkages with maternal health. } -webkit-box-shadow: 0 1px 3px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.12), 0 1px 2px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.24); margin-right: 10px; Unfortunately, most health systems are set up in such a way that allocation of human, material and financial resources favours facility-based, curative care. padding: 5rem; padding: 1rem 0 1rem 0; margin-top: 5rem; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-bottom: 35px; background: url(https://www.un.org/sites/un2.un.org/files/arrow.png) no-repeat; We have also prepared a list at each clinic with names of children who have been vaccinated. margin-right: 50% !important; padding-right: 6px; Substantial global progress has been made in reducing child deaths since 1990. ul.block-list li a:before { ul.underline-links li a:hover, ol.underline-links li a:hover { Rethink It! } Maternal pregnancy complications. Bang and Hanimi M. 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