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Addis Ababa (Daily Monitor) - 84%( 11,317,000) Children under-five in Ethiopia
are deprived of basic health care in Ethiopia, making the country the fourth
highest in the world, Save The Children said in its annual report.
India has the largest number of children living without basic health care followed
by Nigeria, Bangladesh and Ethiopia, the report indicated.
And in the 2008 Mother's Index rankings as the best and worst place to be a mom,
Ethiopia ranks 137th, the report said adding, the country is ranked as among the
10 worst countries to be a mom.
"Ethiopia is at the bottom of the ranking in the Basic Health Care report card for
children. 84% of children under 5 in Ethiopia do not get basic health care, the
highest percentage of any country in the world," the report launched on Tuesday
said.
Save the Children's ninth annual Mothers' Index compares the well-being of
mothers and children in 146 countries - more than in any previous year. The
Mothers' Index also provides information on an additional 27 countries, 22 of which
report sufficient data to present findings on children's indicators. When these are
included, the total comes to 173 countries.
Conditions for mothers and their children in the bottom countries are grim, and on
average, 1 in 21 mothers will die from pregnancy-related causes, according to the
report. The report said more than 1 child in 6 dies before his or her fifth birthday,
and roughly 1 child in 3 suffers from malnutrition.
According to the report, there are 13,439,000 children under five year olds in
Ethiopia, among these 84% (11,317,000) do not get basic health care.
Among developing countries, the Philippines ranks first in basic health care for
children under-five, followed by Peru and South Africa. Today, more than 75 per
cent of Filipino children with diarrhea receive rehydration therapy, compared with
15 per cent of Ethiopian children, the report said.
Laos, Yemen, Chad, Somalia and Ethiopia were found doing the worst among
developing countries, the report added.
The status of mothers was compared in 146 countries based on the following
indicators of women's and children's well-being: Lifetime risk of maternal mortality,
Percentage of women using modern contraception, skilled attendant at delivery
and Female life expectancy, among others.
Source: Daily Monitor, May 08, 2008
are deprived of basic health care in Ethiopia, making the country the fourth
highest in the world, Save The Children said in its annual report.
India has the largest number of children living without basic health care followed
by Nigeria, Bangladesh and Ethiopia, the report indicated.
And in the 2008 Mother's Index rankings as the best and worst place to be a mom,
Ethiopia ranks 137th, the report said adding, the country is ranked as among the
10 worst countries to be a mom.
"Ethiopia is at the bottom of the ranking in the Basic Health Care report card for
children. 84% of children under 5 in Ethiopia do not get basic health care, the
highest percentage of any country in the world," the report launched on Tuesday
said.
Save the Children's ninth annual Mothers' Index compares the well-being of
mothers and children in 146 countries - more than in any previous year. The
Mothers' Index also provides information on an additional 27 countries, 22 of which
report sufficient data to present findings on children's indicators. When these are
included, the total comes to 173 countries.
Conditions for mothers and their children in the bottom countries are grim, and on
average, 1 in 21 mothers will die from pregnancy-related causes, according to the
report. The report said more than 1 child in 6 dies before his or her fifth birthday,
and roughly 1 child in 3 suffers from malnutrition.
According to the report, there are 13,439,000 children under five year olds in
Ethiopia, among these 84% (11,317,000) do not get basic health care.
Among developing countries, the Philippines ranks first in basic health care for
children under-five, followed by Peru and South Africa. Today, more than 75 per
cent of Filipino children with diarrhea receive rehydration therapy, compared with
15 per cent of Ethiopian children, the report said.
Laos, Yemen, Chad, Somalia and Ethiopia were found doing the worst among
developing countries, the report added.
The status of mothers was compared in 146 countries based on the following
indicators of women's and children's well-being: Lifetime risk of maternal mortality,
Percentage of women using modern contraception, skilled attendant at delivery
and Female life expectancy, among others.
Source: Daily Monitor, May 08, 2008
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