Five countries accounted for half of all new-born deaths: India (24%), Pakistan (10%), Nigeria (9%), the Democratic Republic of the Congo (4%) and Ethiopia (3%).
“To achieve universal health coverage and ensure more newborns survive and thrive, we must serve marginalized families," says Dr Flavia Bustreo, Assistant Director-General for Family, Women’s and Children’s Health at WHO.
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为预防疾病,家庭需要财力,他们的声音要得到倾听并获得高质量照护。
"To prevent illness, families require financial power, their voices to be heard and access to quality care.
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必须将提高服务质量以及生产期间和产后及时护理放在工作首位。”
Improving quality of services and timely care during and after childbirth must be prioritized.”
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报告指出,如果全球不平等现象得到减少,那么许多生命就会被挽救。
The report notes that many lives can be saved if global inequities are reduced.
If all countries achieved the average mortality of high-income countries, 87% of under-five deathscould have been averted and almost 5 million lives could have been saved in 2016.
“It is unconscionable that in 2017, pregnancy and child birth are still life-threatening conditions for women, and that 7 000 newborns die daily,” said Tim Evans, Senior Director of Health Nutrition and Population at the World Bank Group.
“The best measure of success for Universal Health Coverage is that every mother should not only be able to access health care easily, but that it should be quality, affordable care that will ensure a healthy and productive life for her children and family.
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我们致力于逐步扩大融资,通过全球融资机制等创新机制支持这方面的国家需求。”
We are committed to scaling up our financing to support country demand in this area, including through innovative mechanisms like the Global Financing Facility (GFF).
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肺炎和腹泻位居导致全球数百万5岁以下儿童死亡的传染病清单榜首,分别占死亡数的16%和8%。
Pneumonia and diarrhea top the list of infectious diseases which claim the lives of millions of children under-five globally, accounting for 16% and 8% of deaths, respectively.