Cuba
Ends 2009 with 4.8 Infant Mortality Rate
HAVANA - Cuba ended 2009 with 4.8 infant
mortality rate per 1000 live births, the
second lowest child mortality in the
Americas, amid a pandemic scourge, caused by
the influenza flu A H1N1 virus.
Such result is backed up by the efficient
work of the health system and the political
will of the Cuban administration, noted
Granma daily.
The influenza chiefly attacked pregnant
women, just given birth women (the first 42
days after the delivery), and children under
one-year-old or those of any age suffering
chronic diseases.
According to the report in 2009 of the
United Nations Children's Fund, Cuba is
followed in America by Canada with 6 and the
US with 7 infant mortality rates per 1000
live births
Cuban pregnant women are hospitalized when
flu symptoms are diagnosed. An antiviral
treatment is administered before the 48
hours of the beginning of the symptoms,
reported Granma.
The daily added that those measures are also
adopted in children of any age who suffer
chronic diseases, such as asthma and
diabetes. Those children with no associated
biological risks are kept under treatment at
home.
A total of 14,221 pregnant women and 75,000
children under one-year-old received the
antiviral treatment in the Caribbean country
in the last four months, noted Granma. |
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