With the aim of improving health and nutrition conditions and guaranteeing access to drinking water for children.
Every October 23, the World Day of Action for Child Survival is celebrated.
Each October 23 marks World Day of Action for Child Survival. Today, around the world, the people most affected by unmet needs are primarily children. The NGO Save the Children and the World Health Organization disseminated the main causes of death in children and how to prevent them.
According to the statistics they published, 5 million children under 5 years of age died during 2021. The main causes were pneumonia, diarrhea, malnutrition and complications during childbirth. This last factor can also lead to the death of mothers.
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What actions can be carried out to reduce infant mortality
The most affected areas are Sub-Saharan Africa and central and southern Asia. According to reports from the organizations, 80% of the deaths of children under 5 years of age occurred in these two regions. The date was established by the WHO and the NGO Save The Children, with the aim of promoting information to help children survive.
For this, a series of recommendations were given that can be carried out to reduce infant mortality:
- Specialized care during the prenatal, childbirth and postnatal stages.
- Breastfeeding
- Mass immunization
- Application of mosquito nets
- Expansion of water and sanitation networks
- Therapies to combat diarrhea
- Distribution of antibiotics for pneumonia
- Distribution of nutritional supplements and therapeutic foods
These recommendations respond to voluntary social action for the most part, but National States are also recommended to get involved and try to eradicate the misery in which the populations live in their territories, carrying out food programs, better health conditions and sanitation.
Source: Ambito
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