8- Babies
born sick, requires additional care and possible hospital referral.
9- Mothers
who give birth in health facilities cannot return for postnatal care because of
#1- financial, #2 social and other barriers.
Recommendation of home visits by
skilled health workers during a baby's first week of life, days one and three,
and if possible a third visit. Infant care should include breastfeeding, infant
warmth (skin-to-skin contact between mother and infant), hygienic umbilical
cord and skin care. Access of infant signs of serious health problems, family
advise, promote medical care. Families of infants should look for danger signs
of feeding problems, reduced activity, difficult breathing, fever, fits or convulsions,
feels cold. Birth registration and timely vaccinations to national schedules,
along with extra attention to hygiene especially hand washing.
The World Health Organization, United Nations,
UNICEF agree a core principle underlying maternal, newborn and child health
efforts is lifelong access to health care; through pregnancy and childbirth,
during childhood and adolescence, a continuum of care for the mother from long
before pregnancy.
We are now progressing into the
political problems in the country. The World Health Organization, United
Nations, UNICEF agree, "the continuum begins with adequate newborn care for the
infant. Appropriate health-care can be delivered in the home and community, as
well as health clinics and hospitals." The C.D.C., Center for Disease Control,
states the U.S. ranks 29th in comparison to the world in infant
mortality, tied with Slovakia and Poland but behind Cuba. You, as an informed
U.S. voter, can you live with over 28,000 U.S. babies die before their first
birthday. The U.S. ranked 12th place in infant mortality in 1960,
but 13.63% among non-Hispanic Black Americans and 5.76% among non-Hispanic
white Americans. (Source CDC and WebMD Health News: http://www.webmd.com/parenting/baby/news/20081015/infant-mortality-us-ranks-29th
).
The future of the U.S. is totally
dependent upon our younger generation. Secondary is the way we act, conduct of
U.S. society, accessible insurance, economy, education, job placement, etc.
"The philosophy of the school room in one
generation will be the philosophy of government in the next." President
Abraham Lincoln 1863.
"You cannot escape
the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today." President Abraham Lincoln
1864.
The true investigative route is to "follow the money". (See: U.S. National Center for Health
Statistice, Marian F. MacDorman. March of Dimes, Dr. Alan Fleischman). The number one (1) public health care problem
in America is infant mortality (See: U.S.
News Health, http://health.usnews.com/health-news/family-health/womens-health/articles/2009/11/03/cdc-finds-us-30th-in-infant-mortality
).
Poverty has a high influence
upon infant mortality due to "child abuse and neglect" and "infectious
diseases". A mother needs the attention of medical evaluation prior to
pregnancy, during pregnancy, infant post-natal care. Meaning a "war on women"
is anti-American. Providing affordable healthcare to all is a definitive positive
impact upon U.S. society. In 2008, the fall of the "Too Big To Fail" private
banks placed women, mothers, families into a position to decide to spend money
to eat or to pay health insurance. "Follow The Money" reveals corporate lack of
empathy to infant deaths.
Where does a woman go if she
does not have health insurance? Planned Parenthood, who will examine the
mother, ensure her health during pregnancy, infant post-birth, and follow the
infant through childhood and adolescence without financial payments from a
mother/family who could otherwise not afford these health insurance issues. Dr.
Alan Fleischman, March of Dimes, states: "Reasons for this, he said, include a
lack of universal access to health care for women of childbearing age or
pregnant women of any age. That's a tremendous difference with our European
Friends."
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