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09/09/2015
Child mortality has halved since 1990, but the number of children dying before the age of five, from mostly preventable causes, remains at 5.9 million a year, new data from UNICEF has revealed. Furthermore, while the rate has fallen globally from 91 deaths per 1,000 live births in 1990 to 43 per 1,000 in 2015, the study, which has been published in The Lancet, said that just 62 out of 195 countries met the targets they had adopted 15 years ago.
The study looked at the world's performance in one of the eight Millennium Development Goals.
It is understood that new targets have been set, with 25 or fewer deaths of under-fives per 1,000 live births by 2030. To achieve this, 47 countries need to speed up their progress. Some 34 of these are located in sub-Saharan Africa.
The authors of the study said: "Without intensified efforts to reduce child mortality, particularly in the highest mortality areas and in contexts with persistent inequities, the post-2015 SDG target will be unattainable."
Also commenting on the findings, Jacque Gerrard, RCM Director for England, said: "Despite improvements in child mortality, the scale of this remains shocking and still unacceptably high.
"The fact remains that it is within our power to prevent the vast majority of these deaths and every government, in every country should be doing all they can to stop the needless deaths of newborns and children under five."
She added: "Skilled midwifery care is a vital solution to safe high quality maternity care for all women and newborns in all countries, giving children the best start in life. Although some progress has been made it is still not enough, and it is critical that we do all we can to stop these 94 million tragedies from happening."
The full report can be read here.
(JP)
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Child Mortality Rates 'Unacceptably High' – Report
A new report has found that child mortality rates remain "unacceptably high".Child mortality has halved since 1990, but the number of children dying before the age of five, from mostly preventable causes, remains at 5.9 million a year, new data from UNICEF has revealed. Furthermore, while the rate has fallen globally from 91 deaths per 1,000 live births in 1990 to 43 per 1,000 in 2015, the study, which has been published in The Lancet, said that just 62 out of 195 countries met the targets they had adopted 15 years ago.
The study looked at the world's performance in one of the eight Millennium Development Goals.
It is understood that new targets have been set, with 25 or fewer deaths of under-fives per 1,000 live births by 2030. To achieve this, 47 countries need to speed up their progress. Some 34 of these are located in sub-Saharan Africa.
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The authors of the study said: "Without intensified efforts to reduce child mortality, particularly in the highest mortality areas and in contexts with persistent inequities, the post-2015 SDG target will be unattainable."
Also commenting on the findings, Jacque Gerrard, RCM Director for England, said: "Despite improvements in child mortality, the scale of this remains shocking and still unacceptably high.
"The fact remains that it is within our power to prevent the vast majority of these deaths and every government, in every country should be doing all they can to stop the needless deaths of newborns and children under five."
She added: "Skilled midwifery care is a vital solution to safe high quality maternity care for all women and newborns in all countries, giving children the best start in life. Although some progress has been made it is still not enough, and it is critical that we do all we can to stop these 94 million tragedies from happening."
The full report can be read here.
(JP)
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