"Child mortality increases when democracy declines," write Katherine Hoops, Phillip Cohen, Lee Goeddel, and Caroline Fredrickson of @jhu.edu. Learn how increases in democracy saves children's lives in this timely open-access article. #Democracy #ChildMortality www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
#ChildMortality
Africa: Child in Africa 50 Times More Likely to Die Before Age Five - Bill Gates: [Premium Times] While he highlighted the challenges, he also acknowledged the progress Africa has made in reducing child deaths. http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TL7Tsk #Africa #ChildHealth #ChildMortality #BillGates #GlobalHealth
“A new study models the impact of the implosion of U.S.-funded disease treatment and prevention in the developing world — and suggests that Elon Muskand Marco Rubio will go down as among history’s greatest monsters if funding and effective administration are not restored. In short: Tens of millions will die, millions of them children.”
#USAID #ElonMusk #MarcoRubio #GlobalHealth #ChildMortality #uspol
Africa: Unicef Report Warns of Rising Rates of Child Mortality Without Proper Funding: [IPS] United Nations -- Despite levels of child mortality and stillbirths having significantly decreased since 2000, increasingly unequal and limited access to basic services around the world endangers millions of children around the world, a new report finds. http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TJpFKN #ChildMortality #UNICEF #GlobalHealth #Africa #ChildRights
GAVI Warns US Funding Cuts May Cause Millions of Child Deaths
#aidbudget #childmortality #Gavi #unitedstates #vaccination
https://blazetrends.com/gavi-warns-us-funding-cuts-may-cause-millions-of-child-deaths/?fsp_sid=716
Africa: Decades of Progress in Reducing Child Deaths and Stillbirths Under Threat, Warns the United Nations: [WHO] The number of children dying globally before their fifth birthday declined to 4.8 million in 2023, while stillbirths declined modestly, still remaining around 1.9 million, according to two new reports released today by the United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation… http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TJkZGg #ChildMortality #StillbirthAwareness #GlobalHealth #UNICEF #HealthForAll
A child dies in Texas measles outbreak : Shots - Health News https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/02/26/nx-s1-5309800/texas-measles-child-death-vaccination
#antivaxxers #diseaseprevention #health #vaccinessavelives #robertkennedyjr #ChildMortality
Child mortality and extreme poverty have reached historic lows, while advancements in diplomacy, technology and health offer hope for a brighter future despite ongoing global challenges. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/01/22/world/best-time-ever-to-be-alive/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #health #childmortality #poverty #development #hunger #wealth #pharmaceuticals #medicine #drugs
How to cut #ChildMortality in half (again) https://youtu.be/cvxauTkrD4A?si=zJSsiWyITaprDZJD | #BillGates seems to be channeling #HansRosling
> With the installation of 181 public mother wait homes where rural women spend the last two weeks of their pregnancies, maternal mortality has dropped by 67.7% and child mortality by 58.6% in 17 years.
#ChildMortality #MaternalMortality reminded me of #Semmelweis and got me guessing that #PovertyReduction deserves as much attention as Science, Scientific breaktrhoughs, or The Progress of Science, for lowering #MortalityRates ...
Discover how religious affiliation impacted child mortality in early 20th-century Ireland. A new study by Lucia Pozzi, Francesco Scalone, Michail Raftakis, and Liam Kennedy reveals significant differences among denominations. #ChildMortality #Ireland1911 #History
https://www.demographic-research.org/articles/volume/50/14
Whilst researching for a client over the weekend came across one of their ancestors who accordingly to 1911 census had 13 of which 10 were no longer alive, so far I have discovered 8 of the 13, including those who survived. Two of the deceased children were never named a both birth and death register entries only give surname. Such a tragic story to tell my client.
Beyond 2023: EU’s role in achieving health for all [Promoted content] https://www.euractiv.com/section/global-europe/opinion/beyond-2023-eus-role-in-achieving-health-for-all/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #childmortality #EUGlobalHealthStrategy #humanitarianaid #promoted
Centre suspends chief of institute that prepares family health survey
International Institute for Population Sciences Director KS James had reportedly been asked to quit as the government had reservations about some data sets.
The Wire reported that some of the findings of the National Family Health Survey-5 were at odds with claims made by the Narendra Modi government. The survey has punched holes in the prime minister’s claims of the country being open defecation free.
#IIPS #FamilyHealthSurvey #KSJames #data #welfare #nutrition #ChildMortality #SwachhBharat #OpenDefecation #BJP #UnionGovt #dissent #india
Gun and car accident deaths explain the higher level of mortality among children and youth (under age 24) in the US south over past 50 years than peers living elsewhere.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32317859
@uncpopcenter #NICHDImpact #Mortality #ChildMortality #South #Safety #FirearmDeaths #CarAccidents
In 200+ countries, cell phone access is associated with lower gender inequality, higher contraceptive uptake, and lower maternal and child mortality.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32482867
#NICHDImpact #GenderEquality #Contraception #MaternalMortality #ChildMortality #FPRH #Poverty
Children and Youth Nearly Twice as Likely to Die in the South as in New England #ChildMortality https://cepr.net/children-and-youth-nearly-twice-as-likely-to-die-in-the-south-as-in-new-england/
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