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Children worldwide are dying from easily preventable illnesses like pneumonia, diarrhoea, malaria and measles, and because of AIDS. In India, the key killers are ante and post-natal complications, diarrhoea, pneumonia and malnutrition.
Nearly 50% of deaths happen in the first month of life because mothers and newborns are not getting the skilled care they need during and after delivery. |
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Inequality
Some states in India are success stories for their care of children and their health. But there are stark inequalities across the country. Children’s chances vary enormously simply because they’re born in one state rather than another.
Over half of India’s poor live in these states. They account for 43% of India’s malnourished children and 60% on India’s infant deaths (their rates of infant mortality at 60- 74 deaths per 1,000 in live births are far above the national average).
The numbers of deliveries taking place in institutions are as low as 14.3% in Chahattisgarh, 19.9 % in Bihar and 18.3% in Jharkhand but as high as 99.3% in Kerala, 92.3% in Goa and 87. 7% in Tamil Nadu.
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Malnutrition
India is home to 40% of the world’s malnourished children and 35% of all babies with a low birth weight in the developing world.
Almost half of all children under the age of five in India are malnourished.
70% of children in India are anaemic, a figure that has increased over the last decade.
In India almost half (44%) of children under five are stunted.
The progress on lowering the numbers of malnourished children here is incredibly slow — as low as I—2% in the past decade.
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Ante and Post - Natal Care
Only one-third of the 27 million pregnant women in India every year access government health services for antenatal care.
Half of the women here give birth without help from skilled health workers.
Immediate and exclusive breastfeeding during the first six months of life dramatically reduces newborn and infant mortality. However, less than a third of four to five-month-olds in India are being exclusively breastfed.
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Vaccination
Though women need two tetanus injections during pregnancy, less than 8% in states like UP, Bihar, MP and Jharkhand are receiving them.
(IIPS 2007/ CRSA)
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The Biggest Killers
Respiratory infection is the biggest killer of children, and yet, when they’re diagnosed, just 64% (national average) are being treated in health facilities.
Diarhea is the next biggest killer — but a shockingly low 26% (National average) of children are given rehydration salts or fluids that can stop the illness from becoming fatal.
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