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Malawi's achievement in child survival

MALAWI COMMITTING TO CHILD SURVIVAL PROGRESS MALAWI HAD THE SECOND HIGHEST UNDER-FIVE MORTALITY RATE IN SOUTHERN AND EASTERNAFRICA IN 1990. IN CONTRAST TO OTHER COUNTRIES IN THE REGION, MALAWI SAW A SUBSTANTIAL AND STEADY DECLINE, FROM 227 CHILD DEATHS PER 1,000 LIVE BIRTHS IN 1990 TO 83 IN 2011 ****+ UNDER-FIVE MORTALITY RATE* BETWEEN 1990 AND 2011, THE MORTALITY RATE DROPPED BY 64 PER CENT. 1990 2011 2015 (MDG TARGET) 227 DEATHS 83 DEATHS 76 DEATHS *DEATHS PER 1,000 LIVE BIRTHS ****+ CAUSES OF UNDER-FIVE DEATHS in 2010 28% 30% 25% 20% 14% 13% 13% 10% 7% 0% NEONATAL* PNEUMONIA DIARRHOEA MALARIA AIDS OTHER *Includes all neonatal causes except neonatal pneu monia and diarrhoea. CHALLENGE HIV/AIDS RELATED DEATHS DESPITE THE 59% DROP IN PREVALENCE, HIV/AIDS REMAINS A CONSTANT THREAT. IN 2009, OUT OF A POPULATION OF JUST 14.9 MILLION, MALAWI HAD: 120,000 of whom were almost 21,300 were newborns 920,000 people living with HİV who were infected with HIV by mother-to-child transmission children under 15 THESE ALARMING NUMBERS UNDERSCORE THE NEED TO PROVIDE AFFORDABLE HIV TESTING FOR PREGNANT WOMEN MALARIA-RELATED DEATHS ABOUT EVERY 8TH CHILD DEATH IN MALAWI IS CAUSED BY MALARIA ******** IMPACT LED BY THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH, WITH SUPPORT FROM DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS, THE PREVENTION OF MOTHER-TO-CHILD TRANSMISSION (PMTCT) ACCELERATION PLAN SEEKS TO REACH ALL MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH FACILITIES IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT EVERY PREGNANT WOMAN KNOWS HER HIV STATUS AND RECEIVES PROPER CARE. As part of the initiative to promote HIV testing and counselling for couples, hospitals are eager to provide the full range of PMTCT services. offered PMTCT services 571 facilities as at the end of 2010 ++++++ MALARIA PREVENTION ++++++++++* UNICEF IS SUPPORTING MEDICAL TREATMENT OF MALARIA AND PROMOTING PREVENTION AMONG PREGNANT WOMEN AND YOUNG CHILDREN BY SUBSIDIZING THE DISTRIBUTION OF INSECTICIDE-TREATED NETS AT HEALTH CLINICS PERCENTAGE OF CHILDREN UNDER 5 YEARS OLD SLEEPING UNDER LONG-LASTING INSECTICIDAL NETS 50% 39% 40% 30% 25% 15% 20% 10% 2000 2004 2006 MICS 2010 DHS DHS DHS #Promise4Children COMMITTING TO CHILD SURVIVAL Updated: 6 Nơvember 2012 A PROMISE RENEWED

Malawi's achievement in child survival

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