Babies under five years of age in their thousands continue to die on a daily basis from preventable diseases including malaria, pneumonia, diarrhoea and malnutrition, particularly in third world countries.
Children in Sub-Saharan Africa are ten times more likely to be killed by these prevalent health challenges before the age of five than children in more developed countries.
Despite reasonable progress made on the health of young kids with mortality rate almost cut by half in 2000, millions still hardly get to five.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), over 5 million children died everyday due to preventable diseases everyday in 2017. A figure which underscores the relevance of good health practice by pregnant women and care of young children.
Effective health care connotes access to clean water, good sanitation, sustained ante and postnatal sessions for pregnant women.
In Yemen, the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) reported Tuesday, that suspected cholera and acute diarrhea have affected over one million people with children under five accounting for a quarter of all cases.
“Women who became pregnant during the first 1000 days of war have given birth in deplorable conditions, without access to proper medical care, clean water and or a hygienic environment for delivery." The Born Into War report revealed.
“Many mothers are malnourished and expose themselves to diseases, thereby heightening their risk of dying or giving birth to premature and malnourished babies who do not make it beyond the first month of their life.”
