Maternal, Newborn and Child Health: A Global Crisis
EVERY DAY 18,000 children die.
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EVERY DAY 800 mothers die. 80% of all maternal deaths result from:
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- 5,000 children die from pneumonia and diarrhoea.
- 1,200 children die from malaria.
- 8,000 children die in the first 28 days of life.
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- severe bleeding (mostly bleeding after childbirth).
- infections (usually after childbirth).
- high blood pressure during pregnancy (pre-eclampsia and eclampsia).
- unsafe abortion.
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Most of these deaths result from inequities and can be prevented through integrated community-based programs, low cost interventions and improved access to health care, programs that the Canadian Red Cross is actively implementing in high risk countries.
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