Life Expectency Higher in BD than India

[eastwatch]

South Asian Media Net

BD better than India on life expectancy
Saturday, September 04,2010

NEW DELHI: Life expectancy in India has increased by nearly 50 per cent since 1960, says India Health Report 2010 by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and Indicus Analytics.

“This increase is substantially better than sub-Saharan Africa. However, India’s much poorer neighbour, Bangladesh, has clearly made substantially more impressive gains than India in the past two decades,” notes the report, released by Minister of State for Health Dinesh Trivedi on Thursday.

As for Infant Mortality Rate (IMR), it is seen that “India has made great strides in improving its IMR over the last decade (reaching about 54 per 1,000 live births in 2007)”. However, “although India’s record is impressive in comparison to sub-Saharan Africa, it is substantially lower than that of other regions. India’s performance is not only substantially inferior to countries such as China, but it has also been outperformed by Bangladesh”.

THE INDIAN EXPRESS |

 

[Kyusuibu Honbu]

As long as fish remains as the major source of protein in the Bangladeshi diet,Bangladeshis will continue to have higher life expectancy like Japan,Philippines, Indonesia ,Malaysia etc.

Congrats BD

 

[PAKFA]

We can say only congratulation to BD.

 

[Patrician]

Great news! Congrats to BD!

 

[hellofriends]

that's good for BD..i hope they live more....even Infant mortality rate in BD is 44(approx.) that's a good for developing country but they need extra affords....

 

[indianpatriot]

happy for BD...happy to see rest of SA catching up too!

 

[integra]

Thats cool! Means I'll live longer(If there no accident that is)

 

[bd_4_ever]

Well, this is a great news....and agree or not, this was somewhat expected....the way we spent behind health, social and educational sectors, along with drawing up new policies for birth control in the past few years, these are the results....

This should continue more and glad to see, India and oher SA nations are doing great....


Cheers!!!

 

[Coltsfan]

Great news!!

 

[akash57]

Not the same topic, but related:

Child mortality rate per annum down by 5 Pc in Bangladesh

Child mortality rate in Bangladesh fell by an average 5.3 percent annually from 1993 to 2007 by providing excess care to the health of poor mothers.

During the period the country also achieved success in reducing gap between boys and girls prospects of survival, a report of the Save the Children here said.

The report was released on Tuesday two-week before world leaders meeting in New York to discuss all of the MDGs (Millennium Development Goals), an internationally agreed target to fight global poverty by 2015.

The report entitled 'A Fair Chance at Life' said about four million child deaths could have been prevented over ten years if countries had made the same effort to help poor children as better-off ones.

With only five years to go, the MDG to reduce child mortality by two-thirds by 2015 is now one of the most off-track aims as global child mortality has only fallen by 28% since 1990 - far short of its 67% target, it said.

"Bangladesh has defied the odds and is now on-track to achieve MDG4," the report said adding the country did this by focusing on increasing equitable access to life-saving health service, such as immunizations, treatment of diarrhea and family planning of the poorest segment of the population.

The report highlighted the micro-credit schemes of Bangladesh saying it has improved family education, growth of vibrant women's civil society, organizations and networks.

Expanding job opportunities for women have all contributed to declining fertility rate over the past three decades narrowing of disparities between boys and girls, the report observed.

The report said the existing method used for reducing child mortality in the developing countries is more benefiting the better-off communities, than the children from most disadvantaged backgrounds.

However, the report said, some of the world's poorest countries, including Ghana and Bolivia, have managed to reduce child mortality dramatically by focusing on helping the poorest. In India-one of the world's fastest growing economies - the poorest children are up to three times more likely to die than the richest children, the report said. Nearly nine million children under the age of five die every year- just because they can't get to a doctor or because their parents can't afford food that is nutritious enough to keep them alive. But their many of the diseases are easily preventable or treatable.

Save the Children warned that unless world leaders take a radical new approach to cutting child mortality by focusing on equity and ensuring universal access to basic healthcare and other essential services, the MDGs would not be met.

The New Nation - Internet Edition

 

[RobbieS]

Good job, BD.

 

[Cheetah786]

I am not sure why some members be Pakistani Indian or other nationality enjoys these size comparing posts.

 

[third eye]

Everything in our region is a ' comparison with India ".

 

[Eminem]

Why comparing this with india.Pls compare yourself with kenya,chad,somalia etc etc.If you want to compare yourself with us then compare every thing including economy,technology,military,space technology,resources,education etc etc.You guys always come up with your BS artice.I think bangladeshi's waste thier 80% of precious time on internet to find these articles. For ex - poor peoples in india,malnutrition in india,india is acting like a big daddy for there small neighbouring countries.

Guys ignore these bangladeshi's,they wants to be in limelight in this forum by creating these type of threads.

 

[SpArK]

Why is it that people goes offensive when somebody compares something with our nation?

Do we support only positive things about our nation or what?