Child Mortality
All over the world there are problems with children under the age of five dying. The reason this is is because they do not have proper living conditions, there food is of very low quality, and the hygiene is awful. From 1990 to 2012 the death rates have dropped significantly by almost 50% from 12.4 million deaths to 6.6 million deaths. The measles vaccine is one of the major contributors to preventing all of the deaths.
One of the places that suffers from this the most is Sub-Saharan Africa where about half of these deaths occur. In this part of Africa about one out of every ten children die before they reach the age of five. Research studies show that countries with the most child mortality are of low income economically. Meaning that the poorer countries suffer from this the most. This is the same with families. Households that tend to be very financially poor tend to have a higher death rate rather than say a middle class family.
The UN’s main goal is to reduce child mortality by two thirds before 2015. Since 1990 the child mortality rate has dropped 47% from 90 deaths per 1,000 children to about 48 which is where we stand now.
Some of the reasons why this is happening is because of the following illnesses
Respiratory Infections
Diarrhea
Measles
Malaria
Malnutrition
I hope that we really can slow this rate down even before 2015. I think if people and groups all across the world come together and gather money, goods, and supplies to send to these countries suffering I think that it would make a big difference.
Source: "United Nations Millennium Development Goals." UN News Center. UN, n.d. Web. 03 Dec. 2013.
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Well done!