Child mortality can be linked with poverty. Every year approximately 10 million children die, very often from preventable causes. The countries that are most affected by child mortality are Middle East, Latin American, Caribbean but half these deaths occur in Africa. According to UNICEF, most of these child deaths and (70% in developing countries) one of the following if not a combination of malnutrition, measles, malaria, diarrhea and respiratory infections. Lack of malnutrition and safe water are the main causes for half of these deaths. Most countries of the world are reducing child mortatlity rates too slowly to meet the Millenium Development Goal of a 2/3 reduction by 2015. Yet, some countries have recieved impressive reductions.
Personally, I if man is capable of reaching the moon, invent extraordinary, beyound our minds developments, then why is it they cannot solve poverty or even child mortality. I think that its because the goverment is scared that it over ran by the people and its the way they - the government controls the society. If the world was well fed, healthy easy flowing society then we wouldnt need a government to control us. So when we hear about poverty, violence etc. to me i think its all being controlled.
wow thats alot of helpless children that die every year. I think that you have a very interesting view on that the government is controlling it, and i totally agree. Just think when rich people go for a 200 or even 300 dollar supper, that could feed many childen for a whole month, if not even longer.
ReplyDeleteThis comment has been removed by the author.
ReplyDeleteInteresting point of view. Many anthropologists think that the world depends on having the core, periphery and semiperiphery. How would you suggest the world might function without those groups?
ReplyDeletewow that is a good strong point of view about how everything being controlled. i do believe too that the government is investing in the wrong things, when things like this is such a major issue but is being ignored. are just organizations like this trying to reduce this problem?
ReplyDelete