Infant mortality rate at birth or one month after (perinatal mortality) could be better controlled and the number of deaths reduced, depending on the results ofa study presented at the Global Health conference (San Francisco – 2016) and published in The Lancet journal. An investment of $ 5 per person would be enough to eradicate perinatal mortality and those of mothers at birth.
Researchers at Johns Hopkins (United States) estimate that a large number of deaths of mothers and infants could be avoided with effective and inexpensive health programs. Solutions that would have such a long-term impact on health.
“Improved care at the time of birth prevents disability later in life and good nutrition in childhood promotes better cognitive development …” says Professor Robert Black, author of the study.
Easy to implement solutions
Researchers suggest that simplified access to contraception could prevent 28 million births each year and 67,000 maternal deaths during birth.childbirth. They recall that 90% of needs are not met in terms of contraception.
They also stress that better coverage of access to maternal, neonatal and child health care could save 4 million lives each year, ie half of maternal and child deaths.
And, most of these initiatives could be delivered through primary health centers.
A lower cost
The implementation of these health solutions has been estimated by researchers at $ 6.2 billion (5.4 billion euros) in low-income countries, 12.4 billion (10.8 billion billion euros) in lower middle income countries and $ 8 billion (7 billion euros) in other countries. “An average investment per person in 2015 of 4 to 6 dollars (3.5 to 5 euros) per person depending on the level of income of the country” explains Robert Black.
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