India's achievement in child survival

INDIA COMMITTING TO CHILD SURVIVAL PROGRESS UNDER-FIVE MORTALITY IN INDIA REMAINS HIGH, WITH A RATE OF 61 DEATHS PER 1,000 LIVE BIRTHS IN 2011. BUT THERE ARE CLEAR SIGNS OF IMPROVEMENT: SINCE 1990, THE RATE HAS DECLINED BY 46 PER CENT. ABOUT HALF OF UNDER-FIVE DEATHS OCCUR IN THE FIRST MONTH OF LIFE. ++*+++++ UNDER-5 MORTALITY RATE ++++++++++ BETWEEN 1990 AND 2011, THE MORTALITY RATE DROPPED BY 46 PER CENT. | 1990 2011 :2015 : (MDG TARGET) 114 DEATHS 61 DEATHS 38 DEATHS *DEATHS PER 1,000 LIVE BIRTHS +********+ CAUSES OF UNDER-FIVE DEATHS +** 42% 40% 30% 24% 21% 20% 13% 10% 0% NEONATAL* PNEUMONIA DIARRHOEA OTHER * Includes all neonatal causes except neonatal pneumonia and diarrhoea. CHALLENGE ONE IN EVERY THREE STUNTED CHILDREN UNDER 5 YEARS IN THE WORLD LIVES IN INDIA. +***** CHILDREN'S NUTRITIONAL STATUS PERCENTAGE OF CHILDREN UNDER 5 YEARS OLD WHO ARE WASTED (TO0 THIN FOR THEIR HEIGHT), UNDERWEIGHT (TOO THIN FOR THEIR AGE) OR STUNTED (TOO SHORT FOR THEIR AGE), 2005-2006. ||||| WASTED 20% UNDERWEIGHT STUNTED 43% 48% Undernutrition in early childhood has serious, long-term consequences because it impedes motor, sensory, cognitive, social and emotional development. Undernourished children are less likely to perform well in school and more likely to become undernourished adults. IN ADDITION, UNDERNUTRITION MAKES CHILDREN MORE VULNERABLE TO DIARRHOEA, WHICH REMAINS A LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH AMONG CHILDREN. UNHYGIENIC PRACTICES AND UNSA FE DRINKING WATER ARE SOME OF THE OTHER MAIN FACTORS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO DIARRHOEA. STRATEGY & APPROACH UNICEF SUPPORTS THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA IN ITS OBJECTIVES TO REDUCE AND PREVENT UNDERNUTRITION AND TO ALLOW CHILDREN, ESPECIALLY THE MOST DEPRIVED AND MARGINALIZED, TO DEVELOP TO THEIR FULL POTENTIAL. TRAINING OF INNOVATIVE MONITORING COMMUNITY COMMUNICATION AND REPORTING HEALTH WORKERS APPROACHES CHILDCARE ESSENTIAL SUPPLIES AND NUTRITION INTERVENTIONS COMMITTING TO CHILD SURVIVAL #Promise4Children Updated: 6 November 2012. A PROMISE RENEWED *PERCENTAGE OF DEATHS IN 2010