Newborn Mortality

Infant mortality, or the mortality of children in the first 12 months of life, is the result of serious problems that arise as the baby adapts to life outside the womb. They may be associated with illness, hypoxia, injury or other unforeseen situations that affect the vitality of the little person. Many families are unable to get the help they need from their primary care physician or hospital until symptoms begin. If parents or relatives do not see in time that the child is not receiving enough oxygen or begins to refuse food, death will sooner or later be inevitable. This rule applies to all risk groups - both healthy babies and babies with congenital pathologies. These include birth injuries (asphyxia during childbirth, birth brain injury), malnutrition of the child in the womb, chronic diseases of the mother, starvation of babies, severe infectious diseases in mothers, and premature birth. Also included in this risk category are children who, from the first days of life, are exposed to inadequate sanitary and hygienic conditions. Chronic lack of oxygen in homes, confined spaces with high concentrations of people, or poor-quality housing and hazardous working conditions increases several times