silahkan From: wawan Sent: Sunday, September 18, 2011 4:50 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [proletar] Re: Cuba is among countries providing the best care for sick children
dear pak sunny, ijin saya copy beritanya, tx --- In mailto:proletar%40yahoogroups.com, "Sunny" <ambon@...> wrote: > > http://www.granma.cu/ingles/cuba-i/15sept-Cuba%20is.html > Havana. September 15, 2011 > > > Cuba is among countries providing > the best care for sick children, according to Save the Children > > > DAKAR.â" Sick children in Switzerland face the lowest risk for dying, > according to a study released by the children's rights organization Save the > Children, which places Chad in the last position worldwide and Cuba in an > excellent category as number eight among 161 nations. > > The analysis was based on three factors: the number of doctors, nurses, > midwives and other health workers per 1,000 residents; the percentage of > children vaccinated against diphtheria, tetanus and whooping cough and the > proportion of women who give birth with the assistance of a midwife. > > Switzerland occupies the first spot in the ranking according to these > criteria, followed by Finland, Ireland and Norway. Cuba is in eighth place > â" first among Latin American countries, ahead, for example of Germany (10), > Russia (11), France (12), the United Kingdom (14) and the United States (15). > > Uruguay is ranked 31, immediately ahead of Spain and Brazil, number 35. > Mexico (65), Chile (80), Colombia (85), Panama (88), El Salvador (89), Costa > Rica (90), Venezuela (93), Ecuador (95), Peru (99) and Bolivia (107) are the > other Latin American countries evaluated in the study. > > The last five on the list are Nigeria, Ethiopia, Laos, Somalia and Chad. > Countries ranked in the last 20 include 13 African nations. > > This analysis shows that children in these African countries which lack > health professionals "are five times more likely to die than those in higher > positions within the ranking," the non governmental agency Save the Children > reports. > > "Without health care workers, vaccinations cannot be administered, > prescriptions cannot be written and women receive no help during childbirth. > Illnesses such as pneumonia and diarrhea, which are easy to cure, become > fatal," the report adds. > > The NGO calls on rich countries to increase their financial aid in the area > of health care and emphasizes that "on a world scale, two thirds of the > resources needed to provide universal access to health care for women and > children are lacking." > > For the time being, the survival of a child depends on where in the world he > or she is born. "No mother should have to watch helplessly as her child grows > sick or dies before her eyes, simply because no one is prepared to help," > says > > Aboubacry Tall, regional director of Save the Children-UK for Central and > West Africa, in a communiqué. > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Post message: [email protected] Subscribe : [email protected] Unsubscribe : [email protected] List owner : [email protected] Homepage : http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
