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UNICEF: RATE OF MORTALITY AMONG CHILDREN UNDER FIVE 30 PRO MIL IN ARMENIA
ARKA
June 4, 2008
YEREVAN, June 4. /ARKA/. The rate of mortality among children under
5 is 30 pro mil in Armenia, the Representative of UNICEF in Armenia
Sheldon Yett said.
Mortality among children under 1 is 26 pro mil with mortality among
new-born children (under 28 days) constituting 65% of it, which is
quite high, Yett told journalists.
According to him, the main reasons for high mortality rate among
new-born children are asphyxia, congenital infections, as well as
lack of equipment in hospitals and maternity homes.
The problem can be solved without heavy expenses through teaching
mothers to undergo the required medical examinations during pregnancy,
to inform them how to take care of newly born children, to improve
equipment in maternity homes and to raise the qualification level of
medical staff, Yett said.
He pointed out that today Armenia is among the countries that are able
to achieve the UNO-set fourth development objective of the millennium
- reduce the children's mortality rate by two thirds by 2010.
Despite the problems in this sphere in Armenia, the general situation
is good and quite a progress has been recorded in reducing mortality
among children, Yett said.
In January-March 131 cases of stillbirth were recorded in Armenia
against 134 similar cases in the same period of last year. A 13.8%
reduction was recorded in the number of cases of mortality among
children under 1 in the period against January-March 2007. Infant
mortality ratio per 1,000 live-born children was 9.9% against 11.7%
in the same period of last year.
In 61.7% of cases the reasons for mortality among children under 1
were death from specific states in perinatal life and congenital
anomalies, deformations and chromosomal disorders against 75.2%
in the same period of last year.
In January-March, 112 cases of death of children aged 0-4 were recorded
with cases of death of children under 1 constituting 83.9%. The rate
of mortality among children under 5 (per 1,000 live-born children)
was 11.8% (12.9% among boys, 10.6% among 10.6%).
ARKA
June 4, 2008
YEREVAN, June 4. /ARKA/. The rate of mortality among children under
5 is 30 pro mil in Armenia, the Representative of UNICEF in Armenia
Sheldon Yett said.
Mortality among children under 1 is 26 pro mil with mortality among
new-born children (under 28 days) constituting 65% of it, which is
quite high, Yett told journalists.
According to him, the main reasons for high mortality rate among
new-born children are asphyxia, congenital infections, as well as
lack of equipment in hospitals and maternity homes.
The problem can be solved without heavy expenses through teaching
mothers to undergo the required medical examinations during pregnancy,
to inform them how to take care of newly born children, to improve
equipment in maternity homes and to raise the qualification level of
medical staff, Yett said.
He pointed out that today Armenia is among the countries that are able
to achieve the UNO-set fourth development objective of the millennium
- reduce the children's mortality rate by two thirds by 2010.
Despite the problems in this sphere in Armenia, the general situation
is good and quite a progress has been recorded in reducing mortality
among children, Yett said.
In January-March 131 cases of stillbirth were recorded in Armenia
against 134 similar cases in the same period of last year. A 13.8%
reduction was recorded in the number of cases of mortality among
children under 1 in the period against January-March 2007. Infant
mortality ratio per 1,000 live-born children was 9.9% against 11.7%
in the same period of last year.
In 61.7% of cases the reasons for mortality among children under 1
were death from specific states in perinatal life and congenital
anomalies, deformations and chromosomal disorders against 75.2%
in the same period of last year.
In January-March, 112 cases of death of children aged 0-4 were recorded
with cases of death of children under 1 constituting 83.9%. The rate
of mortality among children under 5 (per 1,000 live-born children)
was 11.8% (12.9% among boys, 10.6% among 10.6%).