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| By Parul Rawat |
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Monday, October 05, 2009 (13:07:57) |
| Tags : Social news, child mortality, India |
Within day of birth around 400,000 babies die in India |
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| New Delhi: A research by an international charity has revealed that every year in India more than 400,000 babies die within a span of 24 hours of their birth, which is the highest as compared to anywhere across the globe.
World-wide the statistics stands at two million children dying within a day of their birth. What is shocking is the revelation of the tragic reality that the deaths take place for reasons such as diseases and infections that can be easily treated.
Thomas Chandy, CEO of Save the Children, at 'Everyone' launch campaign quoted that every baby has a right to survive and every citizen must comply to this moral responsibility.
India accounts for one-fifth of deaths globally, despite the flourishing growth in the economy. But somehow the nation has made tremendous progress in minimizing the newborn mortality rate at 39 per 1,000 live births. However, the study by Save the Children reveals that the child mortality rate at 72 per 1,000 live births are appalling in India.
Chandy has launched Save the Children's 'Everyone' campaign in 40 nations incorporating India. He cleared a misconception on people's standpoint on high cost of saving the lives of millions of children. He confirmed that the cost of saving newborns and children is feasible and easily affordable.
He added that keeping in mind the general public viewpoint on the cost of saving newborn life is tough to alter, he does not want to lay any pressure on the government to take large measures.
The survey was conducted in 14 countries, including Australia, Canada, Germany, Britain, the US, India and Pakistan, which has claimed that 48 per cent of the participants believed that it would cost the world around 400 billion dollars per year to save these innocent lives.
Chandy explained that in actuality that 40 billion dollars which is required to save newborn lives, is less than half the cost of bottled water. Another revelation added that 13 of the 14 country participants believed that poverty was the major challenge to toddlers lives.
In a heart touching revelation, 57 percent of the Indians respondents said that to save the life of an unknown child they would contribute the cost of a meal.
The report stressed on altering the number of two million children dying every year under the five years of age, which is the highest globally. |
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