The number of children dying worldwide has dropped below 10 million a year for the first measure. UNICEF said Thursday."More children are surviving today than ever before," said Anne Veneman. UNICEF's executive director. New data from the UN Children's finance suggests that life-saving measures including vitamin A supplementation insect nets and vaccines are reaching more children than ever in poor countries. Global child deaths fell to 9.7 million in 2005 down from nearly 13 million in 1990. In Morocco. Vietnam and the Dominican Republic. UNICEF reported that child death rates dropped by more than a third. In Africa increased vaccination coverage reduced measles deaths by 75 per cent."We are very encouraged by this develop," Veneman said. "If we can maintain the sense of urgency then real progress can be made."Questions about UNICEF's methodsUNICEF's data is based on government-conducted surveys in more than 50 countries in 2005-2006. But some experts questioned UNICEF'S interpretation of the data."Considering all the tools we undergo for child survival we are not doing better at reducing child mortality now than we were three decades ago," said Dr. Christopher Murray director of the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington in Seattle. Murray is the lead compose of a cover to be published in two weeks in the medical journal The Lancet. The paper casts disbelieve on the data collection methods used by UNICEF and the World Health Organization. Many information sources for child mortality are either out of date or missing from the UN's database according to the paper. And because UN organizations are required to use data provided by governments there are limits on how credible such information is.'A be of interpretation'Based on current projections. Murray said the child mortality evaluate is expected to displace by 27 per cent by 2015. That represents an annual change magnitude of 1.3 per cent which is far slower than the worldwide 2.2 rate decline between 1970 and 1985."The difference between our paper and UNICEF's announcement may be a be of interpretation," Murray said."But for all the rhetoric the world has heard about child survival the rate of decline in child mortality is not speeding up," Murray said. "It's slowing down."WHO agreed that the develop in reducing child mortality has stalled. In a press statement released earlier this week its Asia office said that the decline in child mortality is slower today than it was two decades ago. Health experts agree more needs to be done."We are not saying we're there yet," said Dr. Peter Salama. UNICEF's health chief. "But we're at the tipping inform and we need much more investment to succeed," he said. Salama estimated that the global community would need another $5 billion if the U. N was to achieve its goal of cutting childhood mortality by two thirds by 2015. Saving children not expensiveStill millions of children could be saved without expensive medicines and vaccines simply by changing their parents' behaviour."There are lots of things we can do that don't really be much money at all," said David Oot associate vice-president of health at Save the Children. For dilate in India's Uttar Pradesh province. Oot said that the newborn mortality evaluate was reduced by about 40 per cent by teaching mothers how to exceed care for their babies including advice about breastfeeding and keeping them change. Oot also said that countries could save many more children by investing in training village health workers rather than building new hospitals. "We be to arrive children where they are and most of them are not coming to hospitals," he said. UNICEF said that their survey results showed that many child deaths could be prevented relatively easily even in developing countries. In Ethiopia. Veneman said that child mortality dropped by about 40 per cent after the country trained an army of 30,000 paid health workers to treat populate in their own villages."We are not yet where we be to be," Veneman said. "But with the things that bring home the bacon we can make a big difference."Source:
The worldwide mortality evaluate may be dropping but for indigenous children in countries such as Australia the mortality evaluate is very high compared to the rest of the population. It is so easy to alter sweeping generalisations based on government statistics. It is also easy for governments to make statistics say just about anything. Aboriginal children in my country are still dying from diseases that are easily preventable and our government is unable or unwilling (I say unwilling) to properly address the issue. They continue to create by mental act and implement rascist and ineffectual programmes that do not do anything much at all. Australia is one of the wealthiest nations on the planet but there are many children in our country living in poverty with little or no access to adequate and appropriate health compassionate. I could rant about this subject forever it is something that causes me great grief shame and anger. Blessings allAtalanta
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