Prevention is better than cure! Today 45 beneficiaries were trained on health aspect by medical personnel on Infant Mortality and Under-five mortality that is too rampant in Africa.
Many children are passing on before celebrating their fifth birthday. A child from the poorest 20% of the population in a developing country is at least twice as likely to die before the age of 5years compared with a child from the richest 20%. 1 in 167 children in developing countries will die before celebrating their fifth birthday compared with 1in 167 in developed countries.
Most of the diseases that are known to contribute to the largest number of deaths amongst children below 5 years of age. 7 in 10 childhood deaths in developing countries are a result of Acute Respiratory Tract Infections, Diarrhea, Measles and Malaria.
In Uganda, the top four leading cause of deaths among children below 5years of age is Malaria, HIV/AIDS, Diarrhea and Acute Respiratory Tract Infections.
Compiled By;
Mulumia Patrick
