Almost 5,000 Indian Children Die Daily

[S_O_C_O_M]

Almost 5,000 Indian Children Die Daily​

By Margherita Stancati

According to an UN report, more children under the age of five died in India than anywhere else in the world in 2011.

In 2011, more children under the age of five died in India than anywhere else in the world. That’s 1.7 million children – over 4,650 child deaths a day – according to a new report by the United Nation’s Children’s Fund.

Even on a per-capita basis, India does poorly. The study estimates that for every 1,000 children born in India, 61 are unlikely to make it to their fifth birthday. That rate is higher than, say, in Rwanda (54 child deaths), Nepal (48 child deaths) or Cambodia (43 child deaths).

The Unicef study, released today, shows child mortality rates in India are not as bad as in sub-Saharan Africa, where it estimates 109 in every 1,000 children are likely to die before five. Children have the least chance of survival in Sierra Leone, where the rate is 185 child deaths every 1,000 births.

The report showed the main causes of child deaths worldwide are pneumonia, responsible for 18% of deaths, followed by diarrhea (11% of deaths).

India stands out for the prevalence of diarrhea as a killer of infants. Diarrhea was responsible for 13% of child deaths in India in 2010 – the second-highest rate after Afghanistan.

Associated with poor sanitation, malnutrition and lack of access to basic healthcare services, this is an easily preventable disease that strikes mainly the poor.

Washing hands with soap, clean drinking water and putting an end to open defecation – which the report found is a major cause of diarrhea in South Asia – are easy preventative measures.

The report singled out India as an example of a country where “rapid economic growth and strong inflows of trade and investment in recent years have failed to bring about corresponding reduction of inequities in under-five mortality.”

Officials at India’s ministry of health were not available for comment.

India, which spends 1.4% of its GDP on healthcare, has promised to ramp up that ratio to 2.5% by 2017 – a target it has repeatedly missed in the past. The country recently boosted its public spending on malnutrition programs, which target mainly children.

Globally, the number of children who die under the age of five fell by almost half between 1990 and 2011. But the report suggests the world will struggle to meet the U.N. Millennium Development goal of bringing down the child mortality rate to 29 deaths per 1,000 births by 2015 given the rate stood at 51 deaths in 2011.

Reducing child mortality by two thirds between 1990 and 2015 is one of the key aims of the UN’s flagship development campaign.

India’s target under its Millenium Development goal commitments is to get its death rate down to 38 per 1,000 deaths by 2015. Although the death rate of children under the age of five in India has dropped 46% since 1990, it will need to speed up its efforts to meet that target.

Almost 5,000 Indian Children Die Daily - India Real Time - WSJ

 

[Seaman]

Because we are undevloped country and we can,t afford good medicines and medical standard,thanks for counting the died babys...

 

[Hasham.ghega111]

India should invest there monay on Poverty not on DRDO

 

[S_O_C_O_M]

Because we are undevloped country and we can,t afford good medicines and medical standard,thanks for counties the died babys...

but you can afford to spend billions on military hardware

 

[Seaman]

See,frnd india iz a big nation and india is spending much of it for deplopment process ,and about defence it is to be renewed or updated ,now abt childrens ,it is natural children normally dies,but looking at india why some nation is afraid of the renewl of our troops and war stratigic and thinking of our development by neglecting our defence ,,,why u are making ur defence forum standard low,.

 

[notsuperstitious]

Been like this forever, there is slowdown but its slow. Here's this should give you some idea about where countries stand.

Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births) | Data | Table

And I agree with SOCOM's reverse correlation with military spending -
Bangladesh with lowest military spending as a % of GDP- 48 deaths out of 1000 births;
India with higher spending 63 deaths out of 1000 births;
and Pakistan with highest military spending 87 deaths out of 1000 births.

Of course correlation does not imply causation, but simple minds work differently.

 

[Kiss_of_the_Dragon]

Because we are undevloped country and we can,t afford good medicines and medical standard,thanks for counting the died babys...

you can afford to finance Dalai Lama paradise living in dharamsala and so those members of exile gorverment, provide aid to Bhutan to make Bhutaneses the most happier people on earth, #1 arm import ok fine have arm race with China is justifiable , give Brahmos free to Vietnam is that happen yet? to counter China in SCS.

What else?....

 

[cloud_9]

Nobody talks about the decrease in MR but they just want to stick to the magical number of 5000 just to make it a headlines.Is it so hard to write 4,650 and how is it equal to 5000

 

[IndoUS]

but you can afford to spend billions on military hardware

India's expenditure on healthcare and development is far greater than that of military hardware. Even the billion dollar hardware that are bought, the payment for them are made over a 5 to 10 year period. With that said, India has made a lot of progress in bringing down poverty and improving the healthcare systems in the villages. Today almost every hospital in villages whether it be private or government run, gives out free polio vaccination, which has helped India to eradicate polio. And its not just polio most of other vaccination for DPT, TB, and MMR are given to children for free. Today the government provides free food rations to people living on or under the poverty line. There are also housing provided though some people rent out those housing to earn extra money. And lets not forget that most government run hospitals provide free checkups and consultations to pregnant women. So yes India has worked hard, though there is still a long way to go.

 

[Lenin]

India is a developing country with large number of poor people...we are not sitting idle, we are trying our level best to counter india problems and so far we had been successful in many fields like abolision of Polio, 50% decrease in HIV, and most successful step in countering malnutrition among children is the free meal provided in schools...

 

[Icewolf]

India is a developing country with large number of poor people...we are not sitting idle, we are trying our level best to counter india problems and so far we had been successful in many fields like abolision of Polio, 50% decrease in HIV, and most successful step in countering malnutrition among children is the free meal provided in schools...

The "meal" in Indian schools ranges from bread with nothing on it...

 

[IndoUS]

India is a developing country with large number of poor people...we are not sitting idle, we are trying our level best to counter india problems and so far we had been successful in many fields like abolision of Polio, 50% decrease in HIV, and most successful step in countering malnutrition among children is the free meal provided in schools...

I remember back in school, the kids with no food used to get dalia, and my friends and I used to sneak in the line just so we could get some dalia, even though we already had eaten our lunch. But after sometime the lunch lady found out and reported it to the principal and we got a 2 hour kneeling on the sand during recess.

 

[cloud_9]

Double Post

 

[Lenin]

Gov provides Rs 4000 and other benefits to the family if a baby girl is born india and Rs 3000 for baby boy...

 

[EzioAltaïr]

The "meal" in Indian schools ranges from bread with nothing on it...

Oh? And how do you know that? Have you been to one of those schools and personally checked?