4. Children represent the future, and ensuring their healthy
growth and development should be the primary
responsibility of all class of society.
In 2011, more children under the age of five died in India
than anywhere else in the world.
Diarrhoea was responsible for 13% of child deaths in India
in 2010 – the second-highest rate after Afghanistan.
Children from the poorest communities are three times
more likely to die before they reach the age of 5 than those
from high income groups.
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5. •Despite health improvements over the last thirty years, lives continue
to be lost to early childhood diseases, inadequate newborn care and
childbirth-related causes.
•The UN estimates that 2.1 million Indian children die before reaching
the age of 5 every year – four every minute – mostly from preventable
illnesses such as diarrhoea, typhoid, malaria, measles, pneumonia.
•Infant mortality in India is as high as 63 deaths per 1,000 live births.
•Leading causes of death in under-five children are pneumonia,
preterm birth complications, diarrhoea, birth asphyxia and malaria.
About one third of all child deaths are linked to malnutrition.
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6. Maternal deaths are similarly high. The reasons for this
high mortality are that few women have access to skilled
birth attendants and fewer still to quality emergency
obstetric care. In addition, only 15 per cent of mothers
receive complete antenatal care and only 58 per cent
receive iron tablets or syrup.
As per the report, India ranks fifth from below on the list
of countries with highest percentage of children born with
low birth-weight.
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7. •To create awareness among parents about the health needs of
children.
•To suggest proper ways and means to parents for protecting their
child from various diseases.
•To provide some basic technical knowledge to the parents about
health emergency.
•To teach some good and healthy manners to the children for good
health.
•To provide free of cost medical check up facility to poor children.
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8. So are you ready for it?
Contact: Parivartan Sandesh
209-c Jaina Tower II
District centre, Janakpuri west.
Ph No.- +91 9311177002
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