Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development 1994, para. 8.12
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- Important progress has been made in reducing infant and child mortality rates everywhere. Improvements in the survival of children have been the main component of the overall increase in average life expectancy in the world over the past century, first in the developed countries and over the past 50 years in the developing countries. The number of infant deaths (i.e., of children under age 1) per 1,000 live births at the world level declined from 92 in 1970-1975 to about 62 in 1990-1995. For developed regions, the decline was from 22 to 12 infant deaths per 1,000 births, and for developing countries from 105 to 69 infant deaths per 1,000 births. Improvements have been slower in sub-Saharan Africa and in some Asian countries where, during 1990-1995, more than one in every 10 children born alive will die before their first birthday. The mortality of children under age 5 exhibits significant variations between and within regions and countries. Indigenous people generally have higher infant and child mortality rates than the national norm. Poverty, malnutrition, a decline in breast-feeding, and inadequacy or lack of sanitation and of health facilities are all factors associated with high infant and child mortality. In some countries, civil unrest and wars have also had major negative impacts on child survival. Unwanted births, child neglect and abuse are also factors contributing to the rise in child mortality. In addition, HIV infection can be transmitted from mother to child before or during childbirth, and young children whose mothers die are at a very high risk of dying themselves at a young age.
- Condicón jurídica
- Negotiated soft law
- Organismo
- International Conference on Population and Development
- Tipo de documento
- Declaration / Confererence outcome document
- Medio de adopción
- Consensus
- Temas
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Poverty
- Water & Sanitation
- Personas afectadas
- Children
- Ethnic minorities
- Infants
- Año
- 1994
- Tipo de párrafo
- Other
- Reference
- Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development (1994), para. 8.12.
- Paragraph focus
- Child survival and health
- Paragraph info
- Basis for Action
- Paragraph number
- 8.12
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