in this presentation we see what is child mortality with some facts and how development communication will help to improve it even more

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CHILD HEALTH
(MORTALITY)
BY – PALLAVI BHUTANI

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CHILD MORTALITY
 Child mortality, also known as under-5 mortality or child
death, refers to the death of infants and children under the
age of five or between the age of one month to four years
depending on the definition.

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GOAL 4:
REDUCE CHILD MORTALITY
Reduce by two thirds, between 1990 and
2015, the under-five mortality rate

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REASON OF DEATHS

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DEATH RATE

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PROGRAMMES
 Promotion of Institutional Delivery through Janani Suraksha
Yojana(JSY).
Setting up of facilities for care of sick new-borns such as
 Special New Born Care Units (SNCUs)
 New Born Stabilization Units (NBSUs)
 New Born Care Corners (NBCCs) at different levels is a thrust
area under NHM.

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PROGRAMMES
TRAININGS
 Integrated Management of Neonatal and Childhood Illnesses
(IMNCI)
 Navjaat Shishu Suraksha Karyakram (NSSK)
 Skilled Birth Attendance (SBA)
 Life Saving Anaesthesia Skills (LSAS)
 Comprehensive Emergency Obstetric Care (CEmOC)
 Basic Emergency Obstetric Care (BEmOC), etc.

9. + Management of Malnutrition:
Nutritional Rehabilitation Centres
(NRCs)
 NRCs (Nutrition Rehabilitation centre) in preventing
malnutrition related deaths among under 5 children in Odisha:
By Niranjan Bariyar.

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Appropriate Infant and Young Child
Feeding (IYCF)
 The Government of India and UNICEF‘s country programme
action plan for 2013-2017 support national policies and
programmes that protect , promote and support optimal infant
and Young Child Feeding And nutrition and care for pragnant
women and breastfeeding mothers.

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Village Health and Nutrition Days
(VHNDs)
 This outreach approach could be an effective measure to boost
coverage of core maternal and child health interventions by
bringing services closer to communities.

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Universal Immunization Programme
(UIP)
 India’s UIP is one of the largest in the world in terms of
qualities of vaccine used, number of beneficiaries, the number
of immunization session organized , the geographical spread
and diversity of areas covered.

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Mother and Child Tracking System
(MCTS)
 Mother and Child Tracking System (MCTS) is a web enabled
name based system to monitor and ensure delivery of full
spectrum of services to all pregnant women and children.

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WAYS TO REDUCE CHILD
MORTALITY RATE
Health risks to newborn babies are minimized by:
 Quality care during pregnancy
 Safe delivery by a skilled birth attendant
 Good neonatal care: immediate attention to breathing and
warmth, hygienic cord and skin care, and early initiation of
exclusive breastfeeding.
 Insecticide-treated bed nets to prevent transmission of malaria

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