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Kendall

Jamaica Gleaner News - Teen births rising again: Advocates blame poor education, flawed... - 0 views

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  • Kendall on 27 May 07
     
    Quality of education is related to "status" therefore those in poverty have less of an education on safe sex, and have a higher teen pregnancy rate.
Amanda Stueve

CHALLENGES 2006-2007: Malawi On Track to Meet Child Mortality MDG - 0 views

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childmortality healthcare malawi statistics

shared by Amanda Stueve on 29 May 07 - Cached
  • more than a million babies in the region die each year before they are a month old because of a lack of essential health care.
  • Malawi, together with Burkina Faso, Eritrea, Madagascar, Tanzania and Uganda, is regarded as having made significant progress in reducing infant deaths over the last 10 years, thanks to increased government spending on basic health care.
  • Currently infant mortality stands at 94 deaths per 1,000 live births in Malawi. A decade ago, the infant mortality rate was pegged at 146 per 1,000 live births.
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  • The Malawian government has intensified the promotion of low-technology and cost-effective measures such as vaccines against child illnesses, antibiotics to treat respiratory infections, and oral rehydration therapy against diarrhoea.
  • measures include the provision of free insecticide-treated bed nets against malaria, and education in improved family care and breast-feeding practices.
  • Illnesses such as polio and neonatal tetanus have been virtually eradicated.
  • Japanese figures show fewer than two deaths per 1,000 live births.
  • Tokyo has provided financial aid for the procurement of drugs and preventive materials.
  • Annually, about 73,000 children in Malawi die from preventable diseases. One in every five children dies before she or he is a month old, and one in every eight dies before her or his fifth birthday.
  • Malnutrition is associated with 54 percent of all children's deaths in Malawi, says the country's former advisor for health, Wesley Sangala. According to him, seven in 10 deaths of under-five children are attributable to diarrhoea, acute respiratory infections, measles, malaria and nutritional deficiencies.
  • She points out that malnutrition rates among Malawian children have not improved significantly since 1992.
  • Almost half of all children under the age of five (48 percent) are stunted, 22 percent are underweight, 59 percent suffer from vitamin A deficiency, and 80 percent are anaemic.
  • Amanda Stueve on 29 May 07
     
    Describes Malawi's progress towards achieving the MDG of child mortality. Has a lot of really, really good statistics. Particularly important are the things that have worked to make a difference in child mortality rates, and the specific diseases that most commonly cause death in children in Malawi.
elligant35

In Pursuit of Equity in Education: Using ... - Google Book Search - 0 views

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      elligant35 on 27 May 07
       
      Links the United States poblem of race, education, and poverty to a lack of accountability by the government. The government did not even recognize they had a proble with poverty until the 1960's Civil Rights Movement. The structure of the government still has some inequalities that deal with race and poverty.
Amanda Stueve

DEVELOPMENT-ZIMBABWE: Hunger Exacerbating Child Mortality - 0 views

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economic healthcare lackofsupplies zimbabwe

shared by Amanda Stueve on 25 May 07 - Cached
  • after 2000 as health delivery services declined amid growing international isolation.
  • he used to give her older children, who have since finished their primary education, supplements like peanut butter. But now she cannot do the same for her three-year-old son because of escalating prices.
  • Zimbabwe's economic decline has led to the breakdown of the country's health delivery system. Health care is now characterised by acute shortages of drugs and skilled personnel.
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  • he lack of resources to meet service delivery needs will also affect remote rural areas.
  • unavailability of medicine and medical personnel.
  • Amanda Stueve on 25 May 07
     
    The economic situation is affecting healthcare in Zimbabwe. Food prices are going up, making it harder for mothers to provide good nutrition for their children. There are not enough funds for supplies and personnel, and doctors and nurses cannot be paid fair wages.
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