Staff Reporter :
An estimated 8,428 new born babies were greeted in Bangladesh on the New Year’s Day, a study of UNICEF revealed the report.
Bangladeshi babies will account for 2.13 per cent of the estimated 3,95,072 babies born across the world on the New Year’s Day, says the report.
In neighbouring India, 69,944 babies and in Pakistan, 15,112 babies were born, according to a UNICEF release.
As the clock struck midnight, Sydney greeted an estimated 168 babies, followed by 310 in Tokyo, 605 in Beijing, 166 in Madrid and finally, 317 in New York.
Fiji in the Pacific most likely delivered 2019’s first baby. A quarter of all babies were born in South Asia alone. Globally, over half of these births are estimated to take place in eight countries:
India – 69,944
China – 44,940
Nigeria – 25,685
Pakistan – 15,112
Indonesia – 13,256
The United States – 11086
The Democratic Republic of Congo – 10,053
Bangladesh – 8,428
Around the world on January 1, families welcomed countless Alexanders and Ayeshas, Zhengs and Zainabs. But in several countries, many babies were not even named as they won’t make it past their first day.
In 2017, about one million babies died the day they were born, and 2.5 million in just their first month of life. Among those children, most died from preventable causes such as premature birth, complications during delivery, and infections like sepsis and pneumonia, a violation of their basic right to survival.
“This New Year Day, let’s all make a resolution to fulfill every right of every child, starting with the right to survive,” said said Charlotte Petri Gornitzka, UNICEF Deputy Executive Director.
“We can save millions of babies if we invest in training and equipping local health workers so that every newborn is born into a safe pair of hands,” he said.
An estimated 8,428 new born babies were greeted in Bangladesh on the New Year’s Day, a study of UNICEF revealed the report.
Bangladeshi babies will account for 2.13 per cent of the estimated 3,95,072 babies born across the world on the New Year’s Day, says the report.
In neighbouring India, 69,944 babies and in Pakistan, 15,112 babies were born, according to a UNICEF release.
As the clock struck midnight, Sydney greeted an estimated 168 babies, followed by 310 in Tokyo, 605 in Beijing, 166 in Madrid and finally, 317 in New York.
Fiji in the Pacific most likely delivered 2019’s first baby. A quarter of all babies were born in South Asia alone. Globally, over half of these births are estimated to take place in eight countries:
India – 69,944
China – 44,940
Nigeria – 25,685
Pakistan – 15,112
Indonesia – 13,256
The United States – 11086
The Democratic Republic of Congo – 10,053
Bangladesh – 8,428
Around the world on January 1, families welcomed countless Alexanders and Ayeshas, Zhengs and Zainabs. But in several countries, many babies were not even named as they won’t make it past their first day.
In 2017, about one million babies died the day they were born, and 2.5 million in just their first month of life. Among those children, most died from preventable causes such as premature birth, complications during delivery, and infections like sepsis and pneumonia, a violation of their basic right to survival.
“This New Year Day, let’s all make a resolution to fulfill every right of every child, starting with the right to survive,” said said Charlotte Petri Gornitzka, UNICEF Deputy Executive Director.
“We can save millions of babies if we invest in training and equipping local health workers so that every newborn is born into a safe pair of hands,” he said.
