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Thursday, April 30, 2009
Sadrivaan A and B (The Hilton Istanbul Hotel )
Children mortality during first year of life is one of the main indicators for the effectiveness and consistency of any health system. This work reviews data of infant mortality and its relationship to different factors which characterize the degree of development(according to west criteria) of a given country or region.
Social economical factors reviewed were: medical doctors per 1000 people, degree of alfabetization (%), nutrition ( individual Kcal daily ingestion), mean personal energy consumption, urban population (%) and national income per capita.
Results, which include equations relating first year mortality vs each factor considered, generated at regional and intercontinental level, strongly underline the dramatic division between developed and poor countries.
It is proposed a global resolution to significantly reduce infant and children mortality at least in the most critical regions of Africa, Asia and America.
Learning Objectives: -Analyze a realistic approach to compare poor and rich countries in terms of infant mortality and social economic parameters. -Recognize that health, particularly in the first years of life, is one of the highest priorities for humanity. -Discuss the concept that infant mortality should be considered as a problem with no geopolitical limits, to be solved by everybody at a global international level. -Create or reinforce (UNICEF,RED CROSS)a legal supranational office devoted to guarantee that children in critical regions, from pregnancy to at least ten years age, receive adequate health services, nutrition and education.
Sub-Theme: Poverty, Health and Development: Achieving the Millennium Development Goals