PHC 373 SEU Explain the Infant and Under Five Mortality Rates Discussion Questions

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College of Health Sciences Department of Public Health ASSIGNMENT COVER SHEET Course name: Maternal and Child Health Course number: PHC 373 CRN Maternal and child health is an important public health issue because we have the opportunity to end preventable deaths among all women and children and to greatly improve their health and well-being. On the light of this statement, answer the following questions (using both the national and global level comparative data): Assignment title or task: 1. Explain the infant and under five mortality rates (definitions, statistics, causes) (3 points) 2. Discus the maternal mortality ratio (definition, statistics, causes) (2 points) 3. Explore the challenges and barriers for improving maternal and child health (2 points) 4. Evaluate the important actions taken by the government to improve the maternal and child health condition (3 points) Student Name: Student ID: Submission Date: Instructor name: Grade: Dr. Shakir Saleem …. Out of 10 College of Health Sciences Department of Public Health Due Date: Instructions: • • Length of the write-up should be 500-1000 words. Font should be Times New Roman, and size should be 12. • • Heading should be Bold The text color should be Black • • Line spacing should be 1.5. Proper headings with number should be given for each segment • • • Avoid Plagiarism Assignments must be submitted with the filled cover page Use proper references using APA style(at least three up to date references should be used) Due by the end of week 11 (20-11-2021)
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Explain the infant and under five mortality rates
An infant is a baby under the age of one year taking this into consideration Infant

mortality is the death of a baby before the baby’s first birthday. Infant mortality is measured by
the Infant mortality rate (IMR) which is the number of deaths of babies under the age of one for
per one thousand live babies. According to O’Neill the infant mortality rate in 2019 was about
5.7 deaths per one thousand live births this is about 57 infant deaths for every 1000 live births.
Despite such a large number of deaths it is considered to fair comparing with the past years; for
instance, in 2010 the IMR was 10.3 per 1000 live births (O’Neill, 2021). Infant deaths have
various causes with the leading cause of deaths being pneumonia, term birth complications
malaria measles and malnutrition. Moreover, other humanly factors are associated with infant
deaths like level of mother’s education concerning child development and sanitation.
On the other hand under-five mortality is the death of a child before reaching the fifth
birthday. It is measured by Under-five mortality rate which is probability of a child under the
age of five dying before the fifth birthday per one t...


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