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Amanda Stueve

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

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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.
mickyarba micky

HeyHeyfriends - Meet Korean Friends at Oversea - 0 views

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shared by mickyarba micky on 06 Jan 08 - Cached
  • mickyarba micky on 06 Jan 08
     
    HeyHeyfriends is a new social network for sharing to your friends in Korea and Oversea. It's a sweet simple site, and it operates much like an actual social network! HeyHeyfriends allows users to create a profile for themselves. Users can upload a picture of them and can often be "friends" with other users. In HeyHeyfriends, both users must confirm that they are friends before they are linked. For example, if user A lists user B as a friend, then User B would have to approve User A's friend request before they are listed as friends. HeyHeyfriends allows users to create groups in workplace, Schools/colleges, university and funny things that share common interests, upload photos and music, and share yours niche by writing blog. Also user may add html code in he/she profile for embedding videos, flash tools and links for respective need.
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