Most children and adolescents in the WHO European Region enjoy a high
standard of health and well-being. The Region includes the countries
with the lowest infant and child mortality rates in the world. However
it also includes some whose rates are 10 times higher. Every year, 200
000 children in the European Region die before the age of five, 40% of
them in the first month of life.
WHO/Europe supports countries as they try to reach the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) particularly MDGs 3–5, whose aim is to reduce child mortality and improve maternal health by 2015.
Much of the morbidity and mortality among children and young people is preventable. Low-cost measures that have been shown to work – whether they target road traffic accidents or poverty – could prevent two thirds of deaths. Children are particularly vulnerable to environmental pollution, and poor environments aggravate socioeconomic disparities in cities. Children and adolescents need clean air, safe housing, nutritious food, clean water and a healthy way of life; they need friendly services that they can reach and can reach them.
There are warning signs of the return of diseases previously under control, such as diphtheria and tuberculosis; the increase of noncommunicable diseases such as asthma and allergies; and new morbidity from substance abuse, injuries and mental disorders. Further, adverse effects on children’s health result from increasing socioeconomic inequalities across the Region, the consequences of armed conflict and child labour and sexual exploitation.
WHO/Europe’s approach is not to rely on piecemeal measures, but to strengthen health systems and focus on measurable results, designing and implementing policies based on evidence.
WHO/Europe supports countries as they try to reach the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) particularly MDGs 3–5, whose aim is to reduce child mortality and improve maternal health by 2015.
Much of the morbidity and mortality among children and young people is preventable. Low-cost measures that have been shown to work – whether they target road traffic accidents or poverty – could prevent two thirds of deaths. Children are particularly vulnerable to environmental pollution, and poor environments aggravate socioeconomic disparities in cities. Children and adolescents need clean air, safe housing, nutritious food, clean water and a healthy way of life; they need friendly services that they can reach and can reach them.
There are warning signs of the return of diseases previously under control, such as diphtheria and tuberculosis; the increase of noncommunicable diseases such as asthma and allergies; and new morbidity from substance abuse, injuries and mental disorders. Further, adverse effects on children’s health result from increasing socioeconomic inequalities across the Region, the consequences of armed conflict and child labour and sexual exploitation.
WHO/Europe’s approach is not to rely on piecemeal measures, but to strengthen health systems and focus on measurable results, designing and implementing policies based on evidence.
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