Infant Mortality in Kenya - Assignment

Running head: INFANT MORTALITY IN KENYA
Infant mortality in Kenya
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Table of Contents
Introduction:....................................................................................................................................2
Infant mortality in Kenya:...............................................................................................................2
Current approaches to reduce mortality:..........................................................................................5
Recommendation:............................................................................................................................6
References:......................................................................................................................................9

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Introduction:
Infant mortality can be considered as one of the most challenging health concerns in the
lower income countries, and the burden of the infant mortality is reflected on the general health
status of the population or community. There are a myriad of external and internal factors that
govern the patterns of infant mortality in a given community or population, and the impact of
these factors cumulatively contribute to a considerable burden on the overall health scenario of a
community (1). On a more elaborative note, it has to be mentioned in this context, that high rate
of mortality in a particular population domain has intricate links with the socio-economic
condition of the concerned population. Hence in case of the lower income countries, the impact
of the low socio-economic background on the health status is reflected crucially as mortality
burden. This assignment will attempt to explore the infant mortality in Kenya, the contributing
factors, current scenario, government initiatives and recommendations to improve the scenario.
Infant mortality in Kenya:
In the past couple of decades, a number of public health priorities across nations have
been identified and characterized so that a set of developmental goals can be designed and
implemented. The millennium developmental goals have been one such example of public health
prevention and promotion strategy targeted at all the key health priorities across the globe,
emphasizing on the developing countries. The ghastly rate of mortality in the children belonging
to the age group of 0-5 amongst different lower income countries have raised concerns among
the global health authorities and as a result reducing the child mortality have been identified as
one of the key millennium developmental goals almost two decades ago (2). Despite that fact,
the condition of infant mortality has not changed as drastically as expected in most of the lower