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[reasonsforhope]

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The number of children dying under five years of age declined by two thirds over the past two decades in Southern Asia, according to new mortality estimates released by UNICEF, the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Population Division and the World Bank Group. Southern Asia includes nine countries: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Iran, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka.

The report reveals that the number of child deaths under 5 years of age decreased from 5 million in 1990 to 1.3 million in 2022.  The report also shows that Southern Asia’s under five mortality rate, or the probability that a child would die before five years of age, reduced by 72 per cent since 1990, and 62 per cent since 2000.

“We have made heartening progress to save millions of children’s lives since 1990.  These aren’t just numbers on a page – these are children’s lives saved, sons and daughters, brothers and sisters. This success is largely due to investments in trained health workers, improvements in newborn care, treatment of childhood illnesses and vaccinations for children against deadly diseases,” said Sanjay Wijesekera, UNICEF Regional Director for Southern Asia. “This progress shows us that change is possible. These lives saved are testament to the engagement and will of governments, local organizations, health care professionals such as skilled birth attendants, parents, and families to save the most vulnerable children.” ...

Despite this progress, however, much more needs to be done...

The report also reveals that progress among countries is uneven. Three countries (Iran, Sri Lanka and Maldives) have achieved the SDG 2030 target for under five child mortality reduction and four are on track to meet the target (India, Bangladesh, Bhutan and Nepal). For example, Bangladesh’s neonatal mortality rate decreased from 66 deaths per 1,000 live births in 1990, to 17 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2022.

However, in Pakistan and Afghanistan, urgent action is required to accelerate their annual rates of reduction substantially to meet 2030 targets...

“We call on governments across the region to invest in simple solutions such as having trained birth attendants at every birth, ensuring that all newborns have essential care, better care of small and sick newborn babies, medicines, clean water, electricity, and vaccines to save lives. Every child has the right to healthcare.”

-via UNICEF, March 14, 2024

[animatedjen]

Correct. Bode has been my weapon for some time. Quite effective.

[basofy]

i miss them so much

[aroacesetitoff]

2024 WIP Dump babyyyyyy

[atwhughesversion]

PLEASE LET US HAVE THIS

[laf-outloud]

mattlankes Jared Padalecki…Walker….always a pleasure to photograph you bud!!#actor #jaredpadalecki #walker #blackandwhite #portrait #ilovemyjob

New 'old' photo of Jared! (Or, at least, new to me, lol!)

[fluentisonus]

a lot of folk songs have fucked up murders in them but I think long lankin/lamkin/lankyn (child 93) has got to be one of the creepiest

[wwads1800]

eu tô pegando leve

hoje eu não vou trabalhar

[stinky-dragon-character-week]

Slique Week 2024 may be over, but a certain orcian rogue is here to fill in the void!

Thanks to everyone who participated this week. (There's still time to participate if you missed it!) But it's time to introduce the next character; Spectril the Surriptitious! Exactly one week from today (Dec. 11th-Dec. 17th) his week will start!

Tomorrow, the prompts will be posted. Have fun!

[euripidestrousers]

Prongsfoot: okay I can see how this is a thing. Y'all enjoy

Wolfstarbucks: I'm fucking howling at the moon, stomping my foot, I'm insatiable and unstoppable, my house is on fire

[tremendously-crazy]

"Holmes had been seated for some hours in silence with his long, thin back curved over a chemical vessel in which he was brewing a particularly malodorous product. His head was sunk upon his breast, and he looked from my point of view like a strange, lank bird, with dull grey plumage and a black top- knot." The Adventure of The Dancing Men

Top knot??? As in:

Holmes canonically wears his hair in a top knot??? And nobody thought to tell me about this??

[automatonknight]

funniest item choice ever to me. also benny in a harness idea by @kordbot yay :3

[animatedjen]

wait I am sorry who is Gideon Emery??

He's the PCAP (Performance Capture) actor for BD-1!

Gideon briefly appears in The Making of Jedi: Fallen Order documentary, and Survivor's lead writer Danny Homan has a great blog post talking about his role on set - like using a nose whistle to help create BD's vocalizations. The animation and sound design teams at Respawn bring BD to life in the final gameplay, but when filming in the volume, Gideon helps give the droid a physical presence as part of the Mantis Crew.

[staradical]

so we are all just obsessed with those three midshipmen then . yeah

[aroacesetitoff]

That wip i was talking abt a while back but like fuck it better smth then nothing im tired gn

[830440]

Happy Halloween! LISA the Hopeful Halloween Edition