SURVIE

SURVIE

 

The State of Africa’s Children 2008 report

The State of Africa’s Children 2008 highlights the need to position child survival at the heart of Africa's development and human rights agenda. This inaugural African edition of The State of the World’s Children offers a regional perspective to trends in child survival and health and outlines possible solutions to accelerate progress in meeting the Millennium Development Goals.

For more information on the report The State of Africa’s Children 2008 – child survival: http://www.unicef.org/wcaro/soac08/

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In Côte d’Ivoire

Preventable or easily treatable diseases remain the main killers of children and women in Côte d’Ivoire. An estimated 87,000 children under the age of five die every year from preventable diseases. Malaria is the first cause of morbidity and mortality among the population in general. In average, 63,000 children under five die every year because of Malaria. Diarrhea and respiratory infections are respectively the second and third causes of under-five mortality. Other deaths are caused by indirect causes including HIV/AIDS, malnutrition, poor hygiene, and lack of access to safe water and adequate sanitation. Moreover, per 100,000 live births, about 810 women die from pregnancy-related causes each year.

However, with low-cost, low-technology and high impact interventions such as vaccines, antibiotics, micronutrient supplementation, insecticide-treated bed nets, improved breastfeeding practices and adoption of safe hygiene practices, it is possible to turn back child and maternal mortality and morbidity and meet the Millennium Development Goals by 2015.

UNICEF has identified child survival and development as the first right of the child. To ensure the respect of this right, UNICEF works with the Government of Côte d’Ivoire, national and international agencies, and civil society to support effective and essential actions at each phase of the life cycle of the child.