Complications linked to prematurity, asphyxiation at birth or infections caused death, in an avoidable part, of 75,647 children before their fifth anniversary in Europe in 2022, according to a report by the World Health Organization (WHO) published the Tuesday.
Congenital anomalies of the heart and neonatal sepsis (septicemia) are also among the five main reasons for this mortality, according to this study related to 53 European countries and central Asia, including EU 27, representing 930 million residents .
“Many babies and children still die unjustifiably before five years,” he wrote the three -year report in his three -year report published on Tuesday.
“In some countries, the mortality of children under five years of age, and even maternal mortality, stagnant, increases or reverse (…) It is not time to rest in their laurels,” said a public health official in The agency, Natasha, Natasha Muscat, during an online press conference.
Considerable differences between European countries
If the mortality rate of less than five remains very low in Europe, the differences between the highest and least classified countries are considerable.
Therefore, most European Union countries have between 1.5 and 4.1 deaths per 1,000 births, in contrast to Turkmenistan and Tayikistan, where this rate is between 18.2 and 40.4.
“Reducing this gap is still a challenge,” writes the agency.
The region, which houses among the stronger health systems in the world, stagnates or even returns a series of indicators, particularly in terms of health of children and adolescents, underlines who.
Suicide, the first cause of death in children 15-29 years
Other problems related to the health of boys and adolescents obscure the table: one in five adolescents suffer from a mental disorder, suicide remains the main cause of death in young people aged 15 to 29, girls systematically indicate a level of a level of mental well -being lower than that of children.
“Our young people face new and scalable threats,” said WHO regional director Hans Klug during the press point.
Therefore, 15% of adolescents say they were victims of cyberbully A state of obesity. The organization launched a consultation with the 53 Member States to define the priorities and actions that will be carried out in the next five years.
For Hans Klug, it is urgent to be reform (Obesity, smoking, alcohol consumption) worried.
“The European region must be bold and innovative in its efforts to build healthier and more stable companies, but you must also realize that health safety is essential for national and international security,” he said, and pointed out that our systems of Health were not better prepared for health emergencies than before COVID-19 pandemic.
Source: BFM TV
