1. CHAPTER 4:
MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH
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2. MATERNAL & CHILD HEALTH (MCH)
 Key area of international health
 Child health focuses on under-5s
 Maternal health focuses on reproductive
health, including contraception, pregnancy
(prenatal care), and delivery
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3. CHILD MORTALITY
 More than 10 million children died in 2005
 Most were under 5 years old
 There has been some improvement over
the last 6 years due to successful
programs targeting this problem.

4. SOME 21,000 CHILDREN DIE EVERY DAY
That is equivalent to:
 1 child dying every 4 seconds
 14 children dying every minute
 A 2011 Libya conflict-scale death toll every day
 A 2010 Haiti earthquake occurring every 10 days
 A 2004 Asian Tsunami occurring every 11 days
 Some 92 million children dying between 2000 and
2010
http://www.globalissues.org/article/715/today-21000-children-died-around-the-world

5. UNDER-5 CHILD MORTALITY, 2004
Missing
0 – 9.9
10 – 49.9
50 – 99.9
100 – 200
> 200

6. CAUSES OF DEATH: BIRTH TO AGE 5
Cause # deaths / year % of child deaths
Neonatal (first 28 3.9 million 37%
days)
ARIs (pneumonia) 2.0 million 19%
Diarrhea 1.8 million 17%
Malaria 850,000 8%
Measles 395,000 4%
HIV/AIDS 320,000 3%
Injuries 305,000 3%
All other causes 1.0 million 10%

7. NEONATAL MORTALITY
 Deaths from birth to 28 days
 Includes:
 Preterm birth
 Birth asphyxia
 Birth trauma
 Neonatal tetanus
 Other infections
 Other conditions
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