UNICEF: Rate of Mortality Among Children under Five 30 Pro Mil in Armenia
04.06.2008,
18:46
The rate of mortality among children under 5 is 30 pro mil in Armenia, the Representative of UNICEF in Armenia Sheldon Yett said.
YEREVAN, June 4. /ARKA/. The rate of mortality among children under 5 is 30 pro mil in Armenia, the Representative of UNICEF in Armenia Sheldon Yett said.
Mortality among children under 1 is 26 pro mil with mortality among new-born children (under 28 days) constituting 65% of it, which is quite high, Yett told journalists.
According to him, the main reasons for high mortality rate among new-born children are asphyxia, congenital infections, as well as lack of equipment in hospitals and maternity homes.
The problem can be solved without heavy expenses through teaching mothers to undergo the required medical examinations during pregnancy, to inform them how to take care of newly born children, to improve equipment in maternity homes and to raise the qualification level of medical staff, Yett said.
He pointed out that today Armenia is among the countries that are able to achieve the UNO-set fourth development objective of the millennium – reduce the children’s mortality rate by two thirds by 2010.
Despite the problems in this sphere in Armenia, the general situation is good and quite a progress has been recorded in reducing mortality among children, Yett said.
In January-March 131 cases of stillbirth were recorded in Armenia against 134 similar cases in the same period of last year. A 13.8% reduction was recorded in the number of cases of mortality among children under 1 in the period against January-March 2007. Infant mortality ratio per 1,000 live-born children was 9.9% against 11.7% in the same period of last year.
In 61.7% of cases the reasons for mortality among children under 1 were death from specific states in perinatal life and congenital anomalies, deformations and chromosomal disorders against 75.2% in the same period of last year.
In January-March, 112 cases of death of children aged 0-4 were recorded with cases of death of children under 1 constituting 83.9%. The rate of mortality among children under 5 (per 1,000 live-born children) was 11.8% (12.9% among boys, 10.6% among 10.6%). –0--
Mortality among children under 1 is 26 pro mil with mortality among new-born children (under 28 days) constituting 65% of it, which is quite high, Yett told journalists.
According to him, the main reasons for high mortality rate among new-born children are asphyxia, congenital infections, as well as lack of equipment in hospitals and maternity homes.
The problem can be solved without heavy expenses through teaching mothers to undergo the required medical examinations during pregnancy, to inform them how to take care of newly born children, to improve equipment in maternity homes and to raise the qualification level of medical staff, Yett said.
He pointed out that today Armenia is among the countries that are able to achieve the UNO-set fourth development objective of the millennium – reduce the children’s mortality rate by two thirds by 2010.
Despite the problems in this sphere in Armenia, the general situation is good and quite a progress has been recorded in reducing mortality among children, Yett said.
In January-March 131 cases of stillbirth were recorded in Armenia against 134 similar cases in the same period of last year. A 13.8% reduction was recorded in the number of cases of mortality among children under 1 in the period against January-March 2007. Infant mortality ratio per 1,000 live-born children was 9.9% against 11.7% in the same period of last year.
In 61.7% of cases the reasons for mortality among children under 1 were death from specific states in perinatal life and congenital anomalies, deformations and chromosomal disorders against 75.2% in the same period of last year.
In January-March, 112 cases of death of children aged 0-4 were recorded with cases of death of children under 1 constituting 83.9%. The rate of mortality among children under 5 (per 1,000 live-born children) was 11.8% (12.9% among boys, 10.6% among 10.6%). –0--
