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Child and Maternal Health

Child and Maternal Health. “ Investing in children and their mothers is not only a human rights imperative, it is a sound economic decision and one of the surest ways for a country to set its course towards a better future .” - UNICEF State of the World’s Children report 2008.

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Child and Maternal Health

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  1. Child and Maternal Health

  2. “Investing in children and their mothers is not only a human rights imperative, it is a sound economic decision and one of the surest ways for a country to set its course towards a better future.” - UNICEF State of the World’s Children report 2008

  3. In 2000, nations of the world promised to tackle maternal and child deaths as part of the Millennium Development Goals.

  4. Goal 4 - Reduce infant and child deaths by 2/3 by 2015Goal 5 - Reduce by 3/4 the proportion of women dying in childbirth by 2015

  5. This year, one woman will die every minute from pregnancy related complications. 500,000 deaths each year

  6. For every death, 30-50 women suffer disability due to complications in pregnancy and childbirth.

  7. The survival of pregnant women and their newborns depends on birth planning and skilled ante-natal, delivery and post-natal care.

  8. But 60 million women are still delivering without a skilled attendant.

  9. Almost all the funding and research worldwide on maternal deaths focuses on high-tech solutions for the 1% of deaths that occur in rich nations.

  10. 80% of maternal deaths are caused by direct obstetric complications: haemorrhage; infection; hypertensive disorders; unsafe abortion.

  11. 74% of these deaths could be easily prevented with appropriate intervention.

  12. Lifetime risk of maternal death:Australia 1 in 13,000; Africa 1 in 16.

  13. 137 million women still have an unmet need for contraception.

  14. Of the 130 million babies born worldwide each year, about 4 million die before they are 28 days old.

  15. 9.2 million children die each year before their 5th birthday.

  16. About 7 million of these deaths could be prevented using easily affordable measures.

  17. Each year the total number of child deaths is double the number of deaths from HIVAIDS, malaria and tuberculosis combined.

  18. About 20 million children under five worldwide are malnourished.

  19. Improving feeding practices, e.g. exclusive breastfeeding, to prevent or treat malnutrition could save 800,000 lives each year.

  20. The correct management of diarrhoea could save 1.8 million lives each year.

  21. 26% of the world’s children under two do not get immunised against diphtheria, tetanus or pertussis.

  22. The child mortality gap between rich and poor countries is wide and growing – 99% of child deaths occur in less developed countries.

  23. That is why we are asking our government to restore life and hope through supporting the Millennium Development Goals.

  24. Together we can give life and hope to millions of mothers and children.

  25. Support the campaign to halve global poverty by 2015!

  26. Find out more atwww.micahchallenge.org.au

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