Blog 3

Danielle Mason 

9/14/12

4:59pm 

In the article of child health care accelerating and death rates decreasing, the article shows many different statistics and why this problem is now being handles much more aggressively. In 1990, 12 million children died before their 5^th birthday. Compared with 2011, only 6.9 million children passed. Statistics shown in the article, we are allowed to see that child mortality has fallen in the last 2 decades in all parts of the world. They’ve all fallen by at least 50% and this is a shocking number, let alone that this is the global number applied to many different parts of our world. Rates are jumping in the reduction of under-five mortalities. Although this is great, studies showed that 40% of child deaths in the first month of life were very much preventable. According to the Millennium Development goal 4 of reducing this mortality rate by an even more staggering percentage by 2015, only 6 out of 10 regions are showing they may reach the goal. Committing to Child Survival: A Promise Renewed, has dedicated their company to child survival since 1990. In the4 article Sub-Saharan Africa and southern Asia face the greatest challenges in children surviving and count for the 80% of under-five deaths. They continue to show the causes of these young deaths as many of them are diseases or preterm complications. There is now a call for systematic actions to reduce these alarming numbers even more. It is very feasible for communities to have these interventions. This pertains to our society as a very important issue. As we all know in the saying, children are the future, it is very true. High mortality rates of young children are only hurting our future because who knows what these children could grow up to be and they certainly keep the world going. Emotionally and economically, it is a social norm to have children and educate them to take our own places in the business world and continue to raise the bar financially. High mortality rates certainly cause a rift in the world and is an important issue that needs a lot of support if we even want the chance of having a great grandchildren, and being proud of them.

http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/releases/2012/child_survival_20120913/en/index.html