Abstract
Background: Child mortality is the most crucial indicator of national progress and a reflection of not only the health system performance but also the wealth (budget) utilization and goal achievements. Many developing nations have recorded progress in this dimension but those of the Arabian Gulf (Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and United Arab Emirates) show remarkable progress and achievements.Methods: Using the latest update of United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation 2017, an attempt is made here to review and appraise their achievements in child mortality reduction since 1950s taking into account Under 5 mortality, infant mortality, and neonatal mortality.Results: This review finds a rapid decline in child mortality in the Arabian Gulf in a short span of 50 years, which is in line with the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals.Conclusions: There is a remarkable budget allocation and investment in health system building, improving the other contributing sectors like water, sanitation, hygiene, nutrition, and life style modifications apart from the usual health care interventions.
Highlights
Child mortality decline, a universal phenomena [1] reflects the degree of progress achieved by a country in terms of social and economic development, is facilitated by a multiplicity of factors of financial, systematic, programmatic, managerial, and target oriented actions
Child mortality is closely interrelated with the fertility and overall mortality levels but has been affected by abortions, miscarriages, ectopic pregnancies, and hypertensive disorders leading to stillbirth, delivery complications, birth under inadequate conditions, parasitic and communicable diseases, diarrhea, etc., causing new born deaths [8, 9]
The raw data of deaths of children (Under 5, infants, and neonates) and the mortality rates (U5MR, IMR, and NMR) are extracted for the six countries of Arabian Gulf for meaningful comparisons and interpretations for a trend analysis to trace the path of achievements
Summary
Child mortality is the most crucial indicator of national progress and a reflection of the health system performance and the wealth (budget) utilization and goal achievements. Many developing nations have recorded progress in this dimension but those of the Arabian Gulf (Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and United Arab Emirates) show remarkable progress and achievements
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