Presented data in the report showed a clear and significant regression on almost every key measure of childhood health and many key indicators of childhood health. Sustainable development goals (SDGs). Are from final Every Woman Every Child Progress Report Published in 2020, food insecurity, hunger, child marriage, risks from intimate partner violence, depression and anxiety among adolescents have all increased.
‘Protect the promise’
Report, titled protect promise, published by global partners, including the World Health Organization (WHO), United Nations Children’s Fund UNICEFUnited Nations sexual and reproductive health agency, UNFPA, Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Partnership (PMNCH) and Countdown to 2030, as a biennial summary of progress times in response to the United Nations Secretary-General’s Global Strategy for All Women, Every Child, for the Health of Women, Children and Adolescents.
An estimated 25 million children will either be unvaccinated or unvaccinated in 2021 – 6 million more than in 2019 – increasing their risk of deadly and debilitating diseases.
Millions of children have been left out of school during the pandemic, many for more than a year, while around 80% of children in 104 countries and territories have fallen behind in schooling because of school closures.
10.5 million people lost parents, carers
Since the start of the global pandemic, 10.5 million children have lost a parent or caregiver COVID-19.
“At the core of our failed promise is our failure to tackle the growing inequality at the root of global crises.from the COVID-19 pandemic to conflicts and climate emergencies,” said UN chief António Guterres.
“The report describes the impact of these crises on women, children and adolescents, ranging from maternal mortality to loss of education to severe malnutrition.”
Decline
WHO head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said that the COVID pandemic “the long-term impact on the health and well-being of women, children and young people is becoming apparent – their chances for healthy and productive lives have plummeted“.
“As the world emerges from the pandemic, protecting and promoting the health of women, children and young people is essential to supporting and sustaining the global recovery.”
Catherine Russell, head of UNICEF, said the pandemic has raised awareness for all vulnerable communities and reversed hard-won progress for women, children and young people, “but we I am not powerless to change this… By investing in resilient and inclusive primary health care systems, launching routine immunization programs and strengthening the health workforce, we can make sure every woman and every child has access to the care they need to survive and thrive. “
Students participate in the Accelerated Education Program at Kashojwa Learning Center, Uganda.
Permissions restored
“When faced with Growing political opposition to sexual and reproductive health and rights in many countries, women, children and young people today are left without as many protections as just a decade ago.and many others are still not seeing the progress they need,” said Dr. Natalia Kanem, UNFPA Executive Director.
The report provides wide-ranging evidence that children and young people face very different opportunities to lead a healthy life based solely on where they were born, their exposure to conflict, and where they were born. and their family’s economic situation.
Statistics tell the story
- A child born in a low-income country has life expectancy at birth is around 63 years, compared with 80 in a high-income country. In 2020, five million children will die before their fifth birthday, mostly from preventable or treatable causes.
- Most maternal, child and adolescent deaths and stillbirths are concentrated in just two regions – sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.
- More than 45 million children will be acutely malnourished by 2020, a life-threatening condition that makes them vulnerable to death, retardation, and disease. Nearly three-quarters of these children live in low-middle-income countries.
- An amazing 149 million stunted children by 2020. Africa is the only region where the number of children affected by stunting has increased over the past 20 years, from 54.4 million in 2000 to 61.4 million in 2020.
- The six countries with the highest number of internal migrants – Afghanistan, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen – also among the top 10 food insecure countries.
- A woman in sub-Saharan Africa has about one The risk of death is 130 times higher from causes related to pregnancy or childbirth than women in Europe or North America.
- Millions of children and their families are experiencing poor physical and mental health due to recent humanitarian disasters in Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Pakistan, Somalia, Ukraine and Yemen. In 2021, a record 89.3 million people worldwide have been displaced from their homes due to warviolence, persecution and human rights abuses.
The report calls on the global community to address this damaging trajectory and defend the promises made to women, children and young people in the SDGs.
In particular, it advocates for countries to continue investing in health services, addressing all crises and food insecurity, and empowering women and young people around the world.
World Health Summit pledges $2.6 billion to end polio
Leaders meet at World Health Summit in Berlin on Tuesday, pledging an additional $2.6 billion in funding to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) Strategy 2022-2026 to end polio.
The historic boost comes from an event co-organized by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), and the funds will support global efforts to overcome the ultimate barriers to eradication. give up polio.
According to WHO, the extra cash will help fund immunizations for around 370 million children annually over the next five years and continue disease surveillance across 50 countries.
“No place is safe until polio has been eradicated everywhere. As long as the virus is still present somewhere in the world, it can spread – even in our own country. We now have a realistic chance to completely eliminate polio and we want to seize that opportunity together”, said Svenja Schulze, German Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development.
The wild polio virus is endemic in only two countries – Pakistan and Afghanistan. However, after just six cases were recorded in 2021, 29 cases have been recorded so far this year, including a small number of newly discovered cases in Southeast Africa that are linked to a strains of Pakistani origin.
In addition, outbreaks of polio variants may occur in areas where adequate numbers of people are not yet immunized – continuing to spread across parts of Africa, Asia and Europe, with outbreaks of New outbreaks have been detected in the United States, Israel and the United Kingdom in recent months.
“The new polio findings this year in countries that were previously free of polio are one A stark reminder that if we don’t deliver on our goal of ending polio everywhere, it could flare up again globally.‘ said WHO chief Tedros.
