INTRODUCTION
Consideration of humans as a resource or as the fundamental unit of nation building draws our attention towards the importance of human life and its standards. Significant variations in the characteristics of human lives were observed after the industrial revolution in respect to the level of development in the specific regions. People in the developed region seemed to have better life expectancy as compared to the regions that were not. In other words the standards of human life have a direct relation with the level of development. This relation is also backed by theories of population geography, namely the Malthus Theory which basically says that any region by virtue of its nature has a low population due to high birth rates …show more content…
Infants tend to have a weak immunity system which is which why they are more prone to diseases than adults or even older children. Intensive childcare at this age including proper nutrition and timely vaccination, medication etc is must for the child to cross this barrier with ease. Children below five die mostly due to common diseases like malaria, pneumonia, diarrhea etc rather than any apocalyptic anomaly. Hence, development in the medical sector can significantly reduce child mortality rates with ease. It is interesting to note that regions with high child mortality also show high maternal mortality because both are equally related to level of medical advancements in the region, thereby reflecting its level of development. Pneumonia, diarrhea and malaria together are the cause of 30% of all the child deaths and almost half of these deaths are caused by …show more content…
Lack of knowledge regarding the basic free services, child and maternal health care and nutrition causes the heath of these children to deteriorate rapidly after birth thereby leading to their death. Exposure to dust and unhygienic environments, unfavorable temperatures causing dysentery, fever, vomiting etc lead to poorer health of the children. Parents mostly are unaware of the possible damages the surrounding and their lack of proper care could cause.
MEASURES TAKEN TO REDUCE INFANT MORTALITY RATE
India hopes to achieve MDG4 target of Under-five mortality Rate of 42 per 1000 live births by 2015 through its recent measures.the child mortality rate in india in 2012 was 52 and is expected to decrease further in the coming years. The following interventions have been implemented by the National Health Mission to bring down the mortality rate of children across all the States of the country:
Promotion of Institutional Delivery through JananiSurakshaYojana(JSY) with the help of skilled birth attendants. Emphasis on facilities for new-born care at different levels to reduce Child
Consideration of humans as a resource or as the fundamental unit of nation building draws our attention towards the importance of human life and its standards. Significant variations in the characteristics of human lives were observed after the industrial revolution in respect to the level of development in the specific regions. People in the developed region seemed to have better life expectancy as compared to the regions that were not. In other words the standards of human life have a direct relation with the level of development. This relation is also backed by theories of population geography, namely the Malthus Theory which basically says that any region by virtue of its nature has a low population due to high birth rates …show more content…
Infants tend to have a weak immunity system which is which why they are more prone to diseases than adults or even older children. Intensive childcare at this age including proper nutrition and timely vaccination, medication etc is must for the child to cross this barrier with ease. Children below five die mostly due to common diseases like malaria, pneumonia, diarrhea etc rather than any apocalyptic anomaly. Hence, development in the medical sector can significantly reduce child mortality rates with ease. It is interesting to note that regions with high child mortality also show high maternal mortality because both are equally related to level of medical advancements in the region, thereby reflecting its level of development. Pneumonia, diarrhea and malaria together are the cause of 30% of all the child deaths and almost half of these deaths are caused by …show more content…
Lack of knowledge regarding the basic free services, child and maternal health care and nutrition causes the heath of these children to deteriorate rapidly after birth thereby leading to their death. Exposure to dust and unhygienic environments, unfavorable temperatures causing dysentery, fever, vomiting etc lead to poorer health of the children. Parents mostly are unaware of the possible damages the surrounding and their lack of proper care could cause.
MEASURES TAKEN TO REDUCE INFANT MORTALITY RATE
India hopes to achieve MDG4 target of Under-five mortality Rate of 42 per 1000 live births by 2015 through its recent measures.the child mortality rate in india in 2012 was 52 and is expected to decrease further in the coming years. The following interventions have been implemented by the National Health Mission to bring down the mortality rate of children across all the States of the country:
Promotion of Institutional Delivery through JananiSurakshaYojana(JSY) with the help of skilled birth attendants. Emphasis on facilities for new-born care at different levels to reduce Child