Child mortality rates decreased by 40% from 1990 to 2010 due to comprehensive education programs on vaccines, family planning, nutrition, and sanitation. Increased public spending on affordable healthcare is also necessary. Chronic diseases in adults have increased, while Kuwait, Tonga, and Zimbabwe saw no decrease in infant mortality rates. Education for young girls is crucial.
The worldwide mortality rate for children under the age of 5 decreased by 40% from 1990 to 2010, even in areas where the local economy has not improved. Comprehensive education programs emphasizing vaccines, family planning, nutrition and sanitation went into effect in 1985 and are thought to be one of the main keys to reducing the deaths of children from preventable conditions, such as diarrhea, pneumonia or malnutrition. A call for increased public spending on affordable health care is also thought to be a component in treating life-threatening childhood diseases before they progress.
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Global health initiatives tend to focus on promoting education for young girls, because higher education attainments in women have been found to correlate with waiting to become pregnant and having fewer but healthier children , later in life.
While the global infant mortality rate has decreased, the rate of chronic diseases, such as diabetes and hypertension, in adults has increased.
Kuwait, Tonga and Zimbabwe were the only countries where the infant mortality rate did not decrease from 1990 to 2010.
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