Re: U.S. has second worst newborn death rate in modern world, report says

May 10, 2006

About the Hep. B vaccine, when my 9-yr-old was born I was 19 and

didn't have a clue then to question drs. He got all his vax. He got

the Hep. B vax in the hospital at birth (3 weeks premature), and

developed jaundice. I didn't know that this was related until I

started doing vax research a year ago. No one said that it might

have been the vax, but they did tell me it was because I was

breastfeeding!!!! Sometimes I think they have a few screws loose.

>

> Certainly poverty is part of the issue and the NONSTOP

INTERVENTIONS during

> pregnancy and at birth,

>

> BUT ALSO in the US, at 12 hours of age, the Hepatitis B vaccine is

given to

> babies, no matter what. Premie, traumatized, sick, no matter what.

>

> Hepatitis B vaccine is NOT given at birth in Japan, Norway,

Finland, or

> Iceland or most other countries of the world

>

> AT BIRTH, for god's sake...........how many babies do you know who

do drugs

> or have unprotected sex at birth! THIS IS EVERY baby, no matter

what.

>

http://www.who.int/immunization_monitoring/en/globalsummary/countrypro

filese

> lect.cfm

> WHO Immunization Schedules

>

> Check the US schedule at abive sute

>

> Read some of the horror stories here on my webpage

> http://www.nccn.net/~wwithin/hepatitisb.htm

> People should be outraged............but alas....

> Sheri

>

http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/parenting/05/08/mothers.index/index.htm

l

>

> U.S. has second worst newborn death rate in modern world, report

says

> Research: 2 million babies die in first 24 hours each year worldwide

>

> By Jeff Green

> CNN

>

> Wednesday, May 10, 2006; Posted: 2:43 a.m. EDT (06:43 GMT)

>

> (CNN) -- An estimated 2 million babies die within their first 24

hours each

> year worldwide and the United States has the second worst newborn

mortality

> rate in the developed world, according to a new report.

>

> American babies are three times more likely to die in their first

month as

> children born in Japan, and newborn mortality is 2.5 times higher

in the

> United States than in Finland, Iceland or Norway, Save the Children

> researchers found.

>

> Only Latvia, with six deaths per 1,000 live births, has a higher

death rate

> for newborns than the United States, which is tied near the bottom

of

> industrialized nations with Hungary, Malta, Poland and Slovakia

with five

> deaths per 1,000 births.

>

> " The United States has more neonatologists and neonatal intensive

care beds

> per person than Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom, but its

newborn

> rate is higher than any of those countries, " said the annual State

of the

> World's Mothers report.

>

> The report, which analyzed data from governments, research

institutions and

> international agencies, found higher newborn death rates among U.S.

> minorities and disadvantaged groups. For African-Americans, the

mortality

> rate is nearly double that of the United States as a whole, with

9.3 deaths

> per 1,000 births.

>

> Sub-Saharan Africa remains the worst place in the world to be a

mother or

> child, with Scandinavian nations again taking the top spots in the

rankings

> by the Connecticut-based humanitarian group.

>

> Sweden heads the list, with Niger last. (10 worst and best)

>

> The " Mothers' Index " in the report ranks 125 nations according to

10 gauges

> of well-being -- six for mothers and four for children -- including

> objective measures such as lifetime mortality risk for mothers and

infant

> mortality rate and subjective measures such as the political status

of women.

>

> MacCormack, president and CEO of Save the Children, said

the report

> card " illustrates the direct line between the status of mothers and

the

> status of their children. "

>

> " In countries where mothers do well, children do well, " he said in a

> written statement accompanying the report.

>

> But each year, according to the report, more than a half-million

women die

> as a result of pregnancy and childbirth difficulties, 2 million

babies die

> within their first 24 hours, 2 million more die within their first

month

> and 3 million are stillborn.

> An unhealthy start

>

> As Americans celebrate Mother's Day on Sunday, " 5,000 mothers will

mourn

> the loss of the newborn they bear that very day in the developing

world, "

> said Anne Tinker, director of Save the Children's Saving Newborn

Lives

> initiative.

>

> " All children, no matter where they are born, deserve a healthy

start in

> life, " Melinda Gates wrote in a foreword to the report, which was

funded in

> part by the foundation she runs with her husband, Microsoft co-

founder Bill

> Gates.

>

> MacCormack said " significant progress " had been made in reducing

deaths in

> children under age 5 in recent years, but " we have made little

progress in

> reducing mortality rates for babies during the first month of life. "

>

> Causes of death in the developing world were dramatically different

from

> those in the developed world, the report said. In industrialized

nations

> deaths were most likely to result from babies being born too small

or too

> early, while in the developing world about half of newborn deaths

were from

> infection, tetanus and diarrhea.

>

> The newborn mortality rate in the United States has fallen in recent

> decades, the report said, but continues to affect minorities

> disproportionately.

>

> Only 17 percent of all U.S. births were to African-American

families, but

> 33 percent of all low-birthweight babies were African-American,

according

> to the report.

>

> The research also found that poorer mothers with less education

were at a

> significantly higher risk of early delivery. The study added that in

> general lower educational attainment was associated with higher

newborn

> mortality.

>

> Tinker said Japan was among a number of nations highly ranked mainly

> because they offer free health services for pregnant women and

babies,

> while the United States suffers from disparities in access to

health care.

>

> " We can do better here, but what's really important is that we do

> something " in the developing world, she said.

>

> The report said almost all newborn and maternal deaths take place in

> developing nations -- 99 percent and 98 percent, respectively. The

newborn

> mortality rates were particularly high in countries with a recent

history

> of armed conflict, including Liberia and Sierra Leone.

>

> But the report also concluded that political will was more

important than

> national wealth. A " newborn scorecard " ranking 78 developing

nations found

> that some relatively impoverished countries -- including Colombia,

Mexico,

> Nicaragua and Vietnam -- fare better than others.

>

> Ranking at the bottom of the scorecard were Liberia, Afghanistan,

Angola

> and Iraq -- countries where armed conflict and cultural practices

impede

> newborn survival.

>

> " It's tragic that millions of newborns die every year, especially

when

> these deaths are so easily preventable, " Gates wrote. " Three out of

four

> newborn deaths could be avoided with simple, low-cost tools that

already

> exist, such as antibiotics for pneumonia, sterile blades to cut

umbilical

> cords and knit caps to keep babies warm. "

> 'The good news'

>

> The Mothers' Index -- which excluded some nations that lacked

sufficient

> data -- highlights huge disparities between the nations at the top

and the

> bottom of the list.

>

> Compared with mothers in the top 10 countries, a mother in the

bottom 10

> was found to be more than 750 times more likely to die in pregnancy

or

> childbirth.

>

> In top-ranked Sweden, skilled personnel are present at nearly all

births,

> but in bottom-ranked Niger, such help is available for only 16

percent of

> women in labor.

>

> " The good news, " said MacCormack, " is that we know what it takes to

help

> these moms and children survive and thrive. "

>

> The report highlights the three areas it says have the most

influence on

> child well-being: female education, presence of a trained attendant

at

> birth and use of family planning services.

>

> Educated women, the report said, are more likely to marry and give

birth

> later in life, to seek health care and to encourage education for

their

> children, including girls.

>

> The report said that family planning and increased contraception

use leads

> to lower maternal and infant death rates. Many women and children in

> developing nations, it said, die as a result of births that come at

the

> wrong time -- too close together, too early or too late in the

mother's

> life.

>

> --------------------------------------------------------

> Sheri Nakken, R.N., MA, Hahnemannian Homeopath

> Vaccination Information & Choice Network, Nevada City CA & Wales UK

> Vaccines - http://www.nccn.net/~wwithin/vaccine.htm

>

May 10, 2006

In all fairness, isn't it the mothers sexual and drug habbits that are in

question? Either way, it is equally insulting for them to make this kind of

presumption and to react so radically to the absence of evidence based only on

their presumption. Is there no way to test an at risk mother for hepb before she

gives birth? The only way the baby could be positive ( I think) is if the mother

is positive so why not shoot mom after the birth too or the baby will be at risk

again? It's just plain stupid. Am I missing something?

Anita

Sheri Nakken <snakken@...> wrote:

Certainly poverty is part of the issue and the NONSTOP INTERVENTIONS during

pregnancy and at birth,

BUT ALSO in the US, at 12 hours of age, the Hepatitis B vaccine is given to

babies, no matter what. Premie, traumatized, sick, no matter what.

Hepatitis B vaccine is NOT given at birth in Japan, Norway, Finland, or

Iceland or most other countries of the world

AT BIRTH, for god's sake...........how many babies do you know who do drugs

or have unprotected sex at birth! THIS IS EVERY baby, no matter what.

http://www.who.int/immunization_monitoring/en/globalsummary/countryprofilese

lect.cfm

WHO Immunization Schedules

Check the US schedule at abive sute

Read some of the horror stories here on my webpage

http://www.nccn.net/~wwithin/hepatitisb.htm

People should be outraged............but alas....

Sheri

http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/parenting/05/08/mothers.index/index.html

U.S. has second worst newborn death rate in modern world, report says

Research: 2 million babies die in first 24 hours each year worldwide

By Jeff Green

CNN

Wednesday, May 10, 2006; Posted: 2:43 a.m. EDT (06:43 GMT)

(CNN) -- An estimated 2 million babies die within their first 24 hours each

year worldwide and the United States has the second worst newborn mortality

rate in the developed world, according to a new report.

American babies are three times more likely to die in their first month as

children born in Japan, and newborn mortality is 2.5 times higher in the

United States than in Finland, Iceland or Norway, Save the Children

researchers found.

Only Latvia, with six deaths per 1,000 live births, has a higher death rate

for newborns than the United States, which is tied near the bottom of

industrialized nations with Hungary, Malta, Poland and Slovakia with five

deaths per 1,000 births.

" The United States has more neonatologists and neonatal intensive care beds

per person than Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom, but its newborn

rate is higher than any of those countries, " said the annual State of the

World's Mothers report.

The report, which analyzed data from governments, research institutions and

international agencies, found higher newborn death rates among U.S.

minorities and disadvantaged groups. For African-Americans, the mortality

rate is nearly double that of the United States as a whole, with 9.3 deaths

per 1,000 births.

Sub-Saharan Africa remains the worst place in the world to be a mother or

child, with Scandinavian nations again taking the top spots in the rankings

by the Connecticut-based humanitarian group.

Sweden heads the list, with Niger last. (10 worst and best)

The " Mothers' Index " in the report ranks 125 nations according to 10 gauges

of well-being -- six for mothers and four for children -- including

objective measures such as lifetime mortality risk for mothers and infant

mortality rate and subjective measures such as the political status of women.

MacCormack, president and CEO of Save the Children, said the report

card " illustrates the direct line between the status of mothers and the

status of their children. "

" In countries where mothers do well, children do well, " he said in a

written statement accompanying the report.

But each year, according to the report, more than a half-million women die

as a result of pregnancy and childbirth difficulties, 2 million babies die

within their first 24 hours, 2 million more die within their first month

and 3 million are stillborn.

An unhealthy start

As Americans celebrate Mother's Day on Sunday, " 5,000 mothers will mourn

the loss of the newborn they bear that very day in the developing world, "

said Anne Tinker, director of Save the Children's Saving Newborn Lives

initiative.

" All children, no matter where they are born, deserve a healthy start in

life, " Melinda Gates wrote in a foreword to the report, which was funded in

part by the foundation she runs with her husband, Microsoft co-founder Bill

Gates.

MacCormack said " significant progress " had been made in reducing deaths in

children under age 5 in recent years, but " we have made little progress in

reducing mortality rates for babies during the first month of life. "

Causes of death in the developing world were dramatically different from

those in the developed world, the report said. In industrialized nations

deaths were most likely to result from babies being born too small or too

early, while in the developing world about half of newborn deaths were from

infection, tetanus and diarrhea.

The newborn mortality rate in the United States has fallen in recent

decades, the report said, but continues to affect minorities

disproportionately.

Only 17 percent of all U.S. births were to African-American families, but

33 percent of all low-birthweight babies were African-American, according

to the report.

The research also found that poorer mothers with less education were at a

significantly higher risk of early delivery. The study added that in

general lower educational attainment was associated with higher newborn

mortality.

Tinker said Japan was among a number of nations highly ranked mainly

because they offer free health services for pregnant women and babies,

while the United States suffers from disparities in access to health care.

" We can do better here, but what's really important is that we do

something " in the developing world, she said.

The report said almost all newborn and maternal deaths take place in

developing nations -- 99 percent and 98 percent, respectively. The newborn

mortality rates were particularly high in countries with a recent history

of armed conflict, including Liberia and Sierra Leone.

But the report also concluded that political will was more important than

national wealth. A " newborn scorecard " ranking 78 developing nations found

that some relatively impoverished countries -- including Colombia, Mexico,

Nicaragua and Vietnam -- fare better than others.

Ranking at the bottom of the scorecard were Liberia, Afghanistan, Angola

and Iraq -- countries where armed conflict and cultural practices impede

newborn survival.

" It's tragic that millions of newborns die every year, especially when

these deaths are so easily preventable, " Gates wrote. " Three out of four

newborn deaths could be avoided with simple, low-cost tools that already

exist, such as antibiotics for pneumonia, sterile blades to cut umbilical

cords and knit caps to keep babies warm. "

'The good news'

The Mothers' Index -- which excluded some nations that lacked sufficient

data -- highlights huge disparities between the nations at the top and the

bottom of the list.

Compared with mothers in the top 10 countries, a mother in the bottom 10

was found to be more than 750 times more likely to die in pregnancy or

childbirth.

In top-ranked Sweden, skilled personnel are present at nearly all births,

but in bottom-ranked Niger, such help is available for only 16 percent of

women in labor.

" The good news, " said MacCormack, " is that we know what it takes to help

these moms and children survive and thrive. "

The report highlights the three areas it says have the most influence on

child well-being: female education, presence of a trained attendant at

birth and use of family planning services.

Educated women, the report said, are more likely to marry and give birth

later in life, to seek health care and to encourage education for their

children, including girls.

The report said that family planning and increased contraception use leads

to lower maternal and infant death rates. Many women and children in

developing nations, it said, die as a result of births that come at the

wrong time -- too close together, too early or too late in the mother's

life.

--------------------------------------------------------

Sheri Nakken, R.N., MA, Hahnemannian Homeopath

Vaccination Information & Choice Network, Nevada City CA & Wales UK

Vaccines - http://www.nccn.net/~wwithin/vaccine.htm

May 10, 2006

Hi Sheri,

I was just curious what you mean by nonstop

interventions during pregnancy.

Thanks,

Cameron

--- Sheri Nakken <snakken@...> wrote:

> Certainly poverty is part of the issue and the

> NONSTOP INTERVENTIONS during

> pregnancy and at birth,

>

> BUT ALSO in the US, at 12 hours of age, the

> Hepatitis B vaccine is given to

> babies, no matter what. Premie, traumatized, sick,

> no matter what.

>

> Hepatitis B vaccine is NOT given at birth in Japan,

> Norway, Finland, or

> Iceland or most other countries of the world

>

> AT BIRTH, for god's sake...........how many babies

> do you know who do drugs

> or have unprotected sex at birth! THIS IS EVERY

> baby, no matter what.

>

http://www.who.int/immunization_monitoring/en/globalsummary/countryprofilese

> lect.cfm

> WHO Immunization Schedules

>

> Check the US schedule at abive sute

>

> Read some of the horror stories here on my webpage

> http://www.nccn.net/~wwithin/hepatitisb.htm

> People should be outraged............but alas....

> Sheri

>

http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/parenting/05/08/mothers.index/index.html

>

> U.S. has second worst newborn death rate in modern

> world, report says

> Research: 2 million babies die in first 24 hours

> each year worldwide

>

> By Jeff Green

> CNN

>

> Wednesday, May 10, 2006; Posted: 2:43 a.m. EDT

> (06:43 GMT)

>

> (CNN) -- An estimated 2 million babies die within

> their first 24 hours each

> year worldwide and the United States has the second

> worst newborn mortality

> rate in the developed world, according to a new

> report.

>

> American babies are three times more likely to die

> in their first month as

> children born in Japan, and newborn mortality is 2.5

> times higher in the

> United States than in Finland, Iceland or Norway,

> Save the Children

> researchers found.

>

> Only Latvia, with six deaths per 1,000 live births,

> has a higher death rate

> for newborns than the United States, which is tied

> near the bottom of

> industrialized nations with Hungary, Malta, Poland

> and Slovakia with five

> deaths per 1,000 births.

>

> " The United States has more neonatologists and

> neonatal intensive care beds

> per person than Australia, Canada and the United

> Kingdom, but its newborn

> rate is higher than any of those countries, " said

> the annual State of the

> World's Mothers report.

>

> The report, which analyzed data from governments,

> research institutions and

> international agencies, found higher newborn death

> rates among U.S.

> minorities and disadvantaged groups. For

> African-Americans, the mortality

> rate is nearly double that of the United States as a

> whole, with 9.3 deaths

> per 1,000 births.

>

> Sub-Saharan Africa remains the worst place in the

> world to be a mother or

> child, with Scandinavian nations again taking the

> top spots in the rankings

> by the Connecticut-based humanitarian group.

>

> Sweden heads the list, with Niger last. (10 worst

> and best)

>

> The " Mothers' Index " in the report ranks 125 nations

> according to 10 gauges

> of well-being -- six for mothers and four for

> children -- including

> objective measures such as lifetime mortality risk

> for mothers and infant

> mortality rate and subjective measures such as the

> political status of women.

>

> MacCormack, president and CEO of Save the

> Children, said the report

> card " illustrates the direct line between the status

> of mothers and the

> status of their children. "

>

> " In countries where mothers do well, children do

> well, " he said in a

> written statement accompanying the report.

>

> But each year, according to the report, more than a

> half-million women die

> as a result of pregnancy and childbirth

> difficulties, 2 million babies die

> within their first 24 hours, 2 million more die

> within their first month

> and 3 million are stillborn.

> An unhealthy start

>

> As Americans celebrate Mother's Day on Sunday,

> " 5,000 mothers will mourn

> the loss of the newborn they bear that very day in

> the developing world, "

> said Anne Tinker, director of Save the Children's

> Saving Newborn Lives

> initiative.

>

> " All children, no matter where they are born,

> deserve a healthy start in

> life, " Melinda Gates wrote in a foreword to the

> report, which was funded in

> part by the foundation she runs with her husband,

> Microsoft co-founder Bill

> Gates.

>

> MacCormack said " significant progress " had been made

> in reducing deaths in

> children under age 5 in recent years, but " we have

> made little progress in

> reducing mortality rates for babies during the first

> month of life. "

>

> Causes of death in the developing world were

> dramatically different from

> those in the developed world, the report said. In

> industrialized nations

> deaths were most likely to result from babies being

> born too small or too

> early, while in the developing world about half of

> newborn deaths were from

> infection, tetanus and diarrhea.

>

> The newborn mortality rate in the United States has

> fallen in recent

> decades, the report said, but continues to affect

> minorities

> disproportionately.

>

> Only 17 percent of all U.S. births were to

> African-American families, but

> 33 percent of all low-birthweight babies were

> African-American, according

> to the report.

>

> The research also found that poorer mothers with

> less education were at a

> significantly higher risk of early delivery. The

> study added that in

> general lower educational attainment was associated

> with higher newborn

> mortality.

>

> Tinker said Japan was among a number of nations

> highly ranked mainly

> because they offer free health services for pregnant

> women and babies,

> while the United States suffers from disparities in

> access to health care.

>

> " We can do better here, but what's really important

> is that we do

> something " in the developing world, she said.

>

> The report said almost all newborn and maternal

> deaths take place in

> developing nations -- 99 percent and 98 percent,

> respectively. The newborn

> mortality rates were particularly high in countries

> with a recent history

> of armed conflict, including Liberia and Sierra

> Leone.

>

> But the report also concluded that political will

> was more important than

> national wealth. A " newborn scorecard " ranking 78

> developing nations found

> that some relatively impoverished countries --

> including Colombia, Mexico,

>

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__________________________________________________

May 10, 2006

NO,you are not missing anything.

They could test but that is too time consuming they say and they also

couldn't sell vaccine then

At 06:53 AM 5/10/2006 -0700, you wrote:

>In all fairness, isn't it the mothers sexual and drug habbits that are in

question? Either way, it is equally insulting for them to make this kind of

presumption and to react so radically to the absence of evidence based only

on their presumption. Is there no way to test an at risk mother for hepb

before she gives birth? The only way the baby could be positive ( I think)

is if the mother is positive so why not shoot mom after the birth too or

the baby will be at risk again? It's just plain stupid. Am I missing

something?

>

> Anita

>

--------------------------------------------------------

Sheri Nakken, R.N., MA, Hahnemannian Homeopath

Vaccination Information & Choice Network, Nevada City CA & Wales UK

$$ Donations to help in the work - accepted by Paypal account

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Vaccine Dangers On-Line course - http://www.nccn.net/~wwithin/vaccineclass.htm

Reality of the Diseases & Treatment -

http://www.nccn.net/~wwithin/vaccineclass.htm

Homeopathy On-Line course - http://www.nccn.net/~wwithin/homeo.htm

May 10, 2006

At 07:36 AM 5/10/2006 -0700, you wrote:

>Hi Sheri,

>I was just curious what you mean by nonstop

>interventions during pregnancy.

>

>Thanks,

>Cameron

Ultrasound scans

Amnios

antibiotics

drugs like terbutaline

flu vaccine

Rhogam for Rh neg given during pregnancy

induction

C-section

come to mind

Sheri

>

>--- Sheri Nakken <snakken@...> wrote:

>

>> Certainly poverty is part of the issue and the

>> NONSTOP INTERVENTIONS during

>> pregnancy and at birth,

>>

>> BUT ALSO in the US, at 12 hours of age, the

>> Hepatitis B vaccine is given to

>> babies, no matter what. Premie, traumatized, sick,

>> no matter what.

>>

>> Hepatitis B vaccine is NOT given at birth in Japan,

>> Norway, Finland, or

>> Iceland or most other countries of the world

>>

>> AT BIRTH, for god's sake...........how many babies

>> do you know who do drugs

>> or have unprotected sex at birth! THIS IS EVERY

>> baby, no matter what.

>>

>http://www.who.int/immunization_monitoring/en/globalsummary/countryprofilese

>> lect.cfm

>> WHO Immunization Schedules

>>

>> Check the US schedule at abive sute

>>

>> Read some of the horror stories here on my webpage

>> http://www.nccn.net/~wwithin/hepatitisb.htm

>> People should be outraged............but alas....

>> Sheri

>>

>http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/parenting/05/08/mothers.index/index.html

>>

>> U.S. has second worst newborn death rate in modern

>> world, report says

>> Research: 2 million babies die in first 24 hours

>> each year worldwide

>> >

--------------------------------------------------------

Sheri Nakken, R.N., MA, Hahnemannian Homeopath

Vaccination Information & Choice Network, Nevada City CA & Wales UK

$$ Donations to help in the work - accepted by Paypal account

earthmysteriestours@... voicemail US 530-740-0561

(go to http://www.paypal.com) or by mail

Vaccines - http://www.nccn.net/~wwithin/vaccine.htm

Vaccine Dangers On-Line course - http://www.nccn.net/~wwithin/vaccineclass.htm

Reality of the Diseases & Treatment -

http://www.nccn.net/~wwithin/vaccineclass.htm

Homeopathy On-Line course - http://www.nccn.net/~wwithin/homeo.htm

May 10, 2006

I read this report, but it is my understanding that the US reports more

deaths than other countries. Deaths within first 24 hrs, for example, are

considered " death " here, but is not counted the same way in other countries.

Perhaps someone else has heard of this...I can't recall where I read it now.

I found the whole report disturbing. I am troubled by the OVERuse of

mandatory interventions here in the US, but I can't help but be moved by the

plight of those who are left with no medical care, food, clean water, etc.

I'm not sure what the answer is but a little honesty would go a long way.

Like you Sheri, I think it's disgusting the babies are vaxxed at birth, and

even more so that " they " would never own up to the great risks involved with

that practice and many others. I believe the lies are so deep that many of

its practitioners/ administrators do not even know the truth...they just go

on blindly believing in the system that sustains them. And because I do

believe that, I have to believe that lies are being spun on the other side

too. How bad is the situation elsewhere? I have not been to Africa...I only

know from what I read. It is impossible to know if these figures are

accurate.

Also it speaks about the minority mortality rates in the US being higher.

Aren't the poor and minorities here also in the more liked to be vaxxed

category? Those that are in the welfare system have a very high vaccination

rate and medical intervention rate during pregnancy and childhood AND a very

high rate of infant formula consumption. It seems to me that the govenrment

is buying them off. Paying for these services to get them to sign up for

them.

I just couldn't escape the spin in this one: Vaccinations, Population

Control, The Evil America Theory, etc etc. It's getting a little old.

Jami, IL

U.S. has second worst newborn death rate in modern

world, report says

Certainly poverty is part of the issue and the NONSTOP INTERVENTIONS during

pregnancy and at birth,

BUT ALSO in the US, at 12 hours of age, the Hepatitis B vaccine is given to

babies, no matter what. Premie, traumatized, sick, no matter what.

Hepatitis B vaccine is NOT given at birth in Japan, Norway, Finland, or

Iceland or most other countries of the world

AT BIRTH, for god's sake...........how many babies do you know who do drugs

or have unprotected sex at birth! THIS IS EVERY baby, no matter what.

http://www.who.int/immunization_monitoring/en/globalsummary/countryprofilese

lect.cfm

WHO Immunization Schedules

Check the US schedule at abive sute

Read some of the horror stories here on my webpage

http://www.nccn.net/~wwithin/hepatitisb.htm

People should be outraged............but alas....

Sheri

http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/parenting/05/08/mothers.index/index.html

U.S. has second worst newborn death rate in modern world, report says

Research: 2 million babies die in first 24 hours each year worldwide

By Jeff Green

CNN

Wednesday, May 10, 2006; Posted: 2:43 a.m. EDT (06:43 GMT)

(CNN) -- An estimated 2 million babies die within their first 24 hours each

year worldwide and the United States has the second worst newborn mortality

rate in the developed world, according to a new report.

American babies are three times more likely to die in their first month as

children born in Japan, and newborn mortality is 2.5 times higher in the

United States than in Finland, Iceland or Norway, Save the Children

researchers found.

Only Latvia, with six deaths per 1,000 live births, has a higher death rate

for newborns than the United States, which is tied near the bottom of

industrialized nations with Hungary, Malta, Poland and Slovakia with five

deaths per 1,000 births.

" The United States has more neonatologists and neonatal intensive care beds

per person than Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom, but its newborn

rate is higher than any of those countries, " said the annual State of the

World's Mothers report.

The report, which analyzed data from governments, research institutions and

international agencies, found higher newborn death rates among U.S.

minorities and disadvantaged groups. For African-Americans, the mortality

rate is nearly double that of the United States as a whole, with 9.3 deaths

per 1,000 births.

Sub-Saharan Africa remains the worst place in the world to be a mother or

child, with Scandinavian nations again taking the top spots in the rankings

by the Connecticut-based humanitarian group.

Sweden heads the list, with Niger last. (10 worst and best)

The " Mothers' Index " in the report ranks 125 nations according to 10 gauges

of well-being -- six for mothers and four for children -- including

objective measures such as lifetime mortality risk for mothers and infant

mortality rate and subjective measures such as the political status of

women.

MacCormack, president and CEO of Save the Children, said the report

card " illustrates the direct line between the status of mothers and the

status of their children. "

" In countries where mothers do well, children do well, " he said in a

written statement accompanying the report.

But each year, according to the report, more than a half-million women die

as a result of pregnancy and childbirth difficulties, 2 million babies die

within their first 24 hours, 2 million more die within their first month

and 3 million are stillborn.

An unhealthy start

As Americans celebrate Mother's Day on Sunday, " 5,000 mothers will mourn

the loss of the newborn they bear that very day in the developing world, "

said Anne Tinker, director of Save the Children's Saving Newborn Lives

initiative.

" All children, no matter where they are born, deserve a healthy start in

life, " Melinda Gates wrote in a foreword to the report, which was funded in

part by the foundation she runs with her husband, Microsoft co-founder Bill

Gates.

MacCormack said " significant progress " had been made in reducing deaths in

children under age 5 in recent years, but " we have made little progress in

reducing mortality rates for babies during the first month of life. "

Causes of death in the developing world were dramatically different from

those in the developed world, the report said. In industrialized nations

deaths were most likely to result from babies being born too small or too

early, while in the developing world about half of newborn deaths were from

infection, tetanus and diarrhea.

The newborn mortality rate in the United States has fallen in recent

decades, the report said, but continues to affect minorities

disproportionately.

Only 17 percent of all U.S. births were to African-American families, but

33 percent of all low-birthweight babies were African-American, according

to the report.

The research also found that poorer mothers with less education were at a

significantly higher risk of early delivery. The study added that in

general lower educational attainment was associated with higher newborn

mortality.

Tinker said Japan was among a number of nations highly ranked mainly

because they offer free health services for pregnant women and babies,

while the United States suffers from disparities in access to health care.

" We can do better here, but what's really important is that we do

something " in the developing world, she said.

The report said almost all newborn and maternal deaths take place in

developing nations -- 99 percent and 98 percent, respectively. The newborn

mortality rates were particularly high in countries with a recent history

of armed conflict, including Liberia and Sierra Leone.

But the report also concluded that political will was more important than

national wealth. A " newborn scorecard " ranking 78 developing nations found

that some relatively impoverished countries -- including Colombia, Mexico,

Nicaragua and Vietnam -- fare better than others.

Ranking at the bottom of the scorecard were Liberia, Afghanistan, Angola

and Iraq -- countries where armed conflict and cultural practices impede

newborn survival.

" It's tragic that millions of newborns die every year, especially when

these deaths are so easily preventable, " Gates wrote. " Three out of four

newborn deaths could be avoided with simple, low-cost tools that already

exist, such as antibiotics for pneumonia, sterile blades to cut umbilical

cords and knit caps to keep babies warm. "

'The good news'

The Mothers' Index -- which excluded some nations that lacked sufficient

data -- highlights huge disparities between the nations at the top and the

bottom of the list.

Compared with mothers in the top 10 countries, a mother in the bottom 10

was found to be more than 750 times more likely to die in pregnancy or

childbirth.

In top-ranked Sweden, skilled personnel are present at nearly all births,

but in bottom-ranked Niger, such help is available for only 16 percent of

women in labor.

" The good news, " said MacCormack, " is that we know what it takes to help

these moms and children survive and thrive. "

The report highlights the three areas it says have the most influence on

child well-being: female education, presence of a trained attendant at

birth and use of family planning services.

Educated women, the report said, are more likely to marry and give birth

later in life, to seek health care and to encourage education for their

children, including girls.

The report said that family planning and increased contraception use leads

to lower maternal and infant death rates. Many women and children in

developing nations, it said, die as a result of births that come at the

wrong time -- too close together, too early or too late in the mother's

life.

--------------------------------------------------------

Sheri Nakken, R.N., MA, Hahnemannian Homeopath

Vaccination Information & Choice Network, Nevada City CA & Wales UK

Vaccines - http://www.nccn.net/~wwithin/vaccine.htm

May 11, 2006

Eeeh.....jaundice can develop for all kinds of reasons. 60% of newborns have

normal (physiological) jaundice which causes no harm and clears up on its own in

a few weeks. And breastfeeding *can* cause jaundice, but again it's not the

harmful type and some pediatricians and neonatologists are starting to think

that there may be something normal and beneficial to jaundice since so many

babies, especially breastfed babies who are getting nature's best, get it.

Apparently there's something in breast milk that encourages some of the

bilirubin to be reabsorbed through the intestines. My completely unvaxed

daughter (we had a very strongly-worded birth plan refusing the Hep B vax) ended

up with pathological jaundice.

-Amy

May 11, 2006

I'm not Sheri, but I did just have a baby in a hospital because my husband and

parents pressured me to. Here are just some of the interventions:

~Recommending all sorts of genetic screening at the midpoint in pregnancy, when

most women have already felt movement and abortion is just not an option for

most. (And it never was for me at any point.)

~Testing all moms for gestational diabetes at 36 weeks, whether or not they have

any symptoms or risk factors.

~Testing all moms for group-B strep colonization and " treating " all positive

moms with IV antibiotics during labor, even though studies have shown that only

a small percentage of nontreated positive moms have any problems with their

babies, and no significant improvement in outcomes between treated and

nontreated.

~Electronic fetal monitoring and IVs (or at least hep locks) are routine in many

hospitals. This leads to women not being able to labor in the positions most

conducive to pain relief and progress of labor, and also leads almost everyone

involved to look more at the monitor than the woman to determine how strong a

contraction was or even if one existed. (I had several contractions that never

showed up on the monitor and nobody believed that I'd actually had them!!!!)

~Repeated blood testing-- I was stuck so many times that they started using the

same holes!

~In some places even episiotomy is still routine

~Many practices routinely induce labor at 41 weeks " just 'cause " . If the baby

hasn't dropped, labor won't progress and then a c-section is ordered for

" failure to progress. "

~Induction and not-as-good labor positions, among other interventions, often

lead to an increase in the use of painkillers, which can slow labor and lead to

c-sections for " failure to progress. "

~Postpartum, the law in my state is for all newborns' eyes to be treated with

antibiotic ointment in case the mom had any active STDs. Insulting to the mom

and hurts the bonding process-- why not test moms beforehand and only treat

those who test positive?

~Umbilical cords are routinely clamped before they stop pulsing.

~Breastfeeding is often interfered with or discouraged in many, subtle ways--

pediatricians and neonatologists encouraging supplementation if the milk doesn't

come in right away or the baby has jaundice, nurses giving babies bottles while

mom is sleeping instead of waking her up to nurse the baby, quieting baby with a

pacifier or some sugar water between feedings instead of comfort nursing.

There are others that I'm missing. And remember it's not easy for a mom in

labor, even one who knows better, to refuse these interventions. I had a

well-researched birth plan and a doula and still ended up with pitocin and a

c-section for FTP (although no painkillers through three days of labor in the

hospital). Needless to say, my next baby will be a VBAC at home!

-Amy

Re: U.S. has second worst newborn death rate in modern

world, report says

Hi Sheri,

I was just curious what you mean by nonstop

interventions during pregnancy.

Thanks,

Cameron

--- Sheri Nakken <snakken@...> wrote:

> Certainly poverty is part of the issue and the

> NONSTOP INTERVENTIONS during

> pregnancy and at birth,

>

> BUT ALSO in the US, at 12 hours of age, the

> Hepatitis B vaccine is given to

> babies, no matter what. Premie, traumatized, sick,

> no matter what.

>

> Hepatitis B vaccine is NOT given at birth in Japan,

> Norway, Finland, or

> Iceland or most other countries of the world

>

> AT BIRTH, for god's sake...........how many babies

> do you know who do drugs

> or have unprotected sex at birth! THIS IS EVERY

> baby, no matter what.

>

http://www.who.int/immunization_monitoring/en/globalsummary/countryprofilese

> lect.cfm

> WHO Immunization Schedules

>

> Check the US schedule at abive sute

>

> Read some of the horror stories here on my webpage

> http://www.nccn.net/~wwithin/hepatitisb.htm

> People should be outraged............but alas....

> Sheri

>

http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/parenting/05/08/mothers.index/index.html

>

> U.S. has second worst newborn death rate in modern

> world, report says

> Research: 2 million babies die in first 24 hours

> each year worldwide

>

> By Jeff Green

> CNN

>

> Wednesday, May 10, 2006; Posted: 2:43 a.m. EDT

> (06:43 GMT)

>

> (CNN) -- An estimated 2 million babies die within

> their first 24 hours each

> year worldwide and the United States has the second

> worst newborn mortality

> rate in the developed world, according to a new

> report.

>

> American babies are three times more likely to die

> in their first month as

> children born in Japan, and newborn mortality is 2.5

> times higher in the

> United States than in Finland, Iceland or Norway,

> Save the Children

> researchers found.

>

> Only Latvia, with six deaths per 1,000 live births,

> has a higher death rate

> for newborns than the United States, which is tied

> near the bottom of

> industrialized nations with Hungary, Malta, Poland

> and Slovakia with five

> deaths per 1,000 births.

>

> " The United States has more neonatologists and

> neonatal intensive care beds

> per person than Australia, Canada and the United

> Kingdom, but its newborn

> rate is higher than any of those countries, " said

> the annual State of the

> World's Mothers report.

>

> The report, which analyzed data from governments,

> research institutions and

> international agencies, found higher newborn death

> rates among U.S.

> minorities and disadvantaged groups. For

> African-Americans, the mortality

> rate is nearly double that of the United States as a

> whole, with 9.3 deaths

> per 1,000 births.

>

> Sub-Saharan Africa remains the worst place in the

> world to be a mother or

> child, with Scandinavian nations again taking the

> top spots in the rankings

> by the Connecticut-based humanitarian group.

>

> Sweden heads the list, with Niger last. (10 worst

> and best)

>

> The " Mothers' Index " in the report ranks 125 nations

> according to 10 gauges

> of well-being -- six for mothers and four for

> children -- including

> objective measures such as lifetime mortality risk

> for mothers and infant

> mortality rate and subjective measures such as the

> political status of women.

>

> MacCormack, president and CEO of Save the

> Children, said the report

> card " illustrates the direct line between the status

> of mothers and the

> status of their children. "

>

> " In countries where mothers do well, children do

> well, " he said in a

> written statement accompanying the report.

>

> But each year, according to the report, more than a

> half-million women die

> as a result of pregnancy and childbirth

> difficulties, 2 million babies die

> within their first 24 hours, 2 million more die

> within their first month

> and 3 million are stillborn.

> An unhealthy start

>

> As Americans celebrate Mother's Day on Sunday,

> " 5,000 mothers will mourn

> the loss of the newborn they bear that very day in

> the developing world, "

> said Anne Tinker, director of Save the Children's

> Saving Newborn Lives

> initiative.

>

> " All children, no matter where they are born,

> deserve a healthy start in

> life, " Melinda Gates wrote in a foreword to the

> report, which was funded in

> part by the foundation she runs with her husband,

> Microsoft co-founder Bill

> Gates.

>

> MacCormack said " significant progress " had been made

> in reducing deaths in

> children under age 5 in recent years, but " we have

> made little progress in

> reducing mortality rates for babies during the first

> month of life. "

>

> Causes of death in the developing world were

> dramatically different from

> those in the developed world, the report said. In

> industrialized nations

> deaths were most likely to result from babies being

> born too small or too

> early, while in the developing world about half of

> newborn deaths were from

> infection, tetanus and diarrhea.

>

> The newborn mortality rate in the United States has

> fallen in recent

> decades, the report said, but continues to affect

> minorities

> disproportionately.

>

> Only 17 percent of all U.S. births were to

> African-American families, but

> 33 percent of all low-birthweight babies were

> African-American, according

> to the report.

>

> The research also found that poorer mothers with

> less education were at a

> significantly higher risk of early delivery. The

> study added that in

> general lower educational attainment was associated

> with higher newborn

> mortality.

>

> Tinker said Japan was among a number of nations

> highly ranked mainly

> because they offer free health services for pregnant

> women and babies,

> while the United States suffers from disparities in

> access to health care.

>

> " We can do better here, but what's really important

> is that we do

> something " in the developing world, she said.

>

> The report said almost all newborn and maternal

> deaths take place in

> developing nations -- 99 percent and 98 percent,

> respectively. The newborn

> mortality rates were particularly high in countries

> with a recent history

> of armed conflict, including Liberia and Sierra

> Leone.

>

> But the report also concluded that political will

> was more important than

> national wealth. A " newborn scorecard " ranking 78

> developing nations found

> that some relatively impoverished countries --

> including Colombia, Mexico,

>

=== message truncated ===

__________________________________________________

May 11, 2006

At 12:47 PM 5/10/2006 -0000, you wrote:

>About the Hep. B vaccine, when my 9-yr-old was born I was 19 and

>didn't have a clue then to question drs. He got all his vax. He got

>the Hep. B vax in the hospital at birth (3 weeks premature), and

>developed jaundice. I didn't know that this was related until I

>started doing vax research a year ago. No one said that it might

>have been the vax, but they did tell me it was because I was

>breastfeeding!!!! Sometimes I think they have a few screws loose.

>

Vitamin K injection is also responsible for jaundice

Sheri

>

--------------------------------------------------------

Sheri Nakken, R.N., MA, Hahnemannian Homeopath

Vaccination Information & Choice Network, Nevada City CA & Wales UK

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May 11, 2006

I can understand the hestiation for a lot of what you

have listed, but unfortunately I was part of the 1% in

2005 who have had a stillbirth. My daughter would be

alive today if she had been monitored more closely to

see that she wasn't getting proper blood flow through

the cord due to an amniotic band constriction. If she

had been delivered early they could have saved her.

I do not believe in all situations that

non-intervention in pregnancy is best. 40,000 babies

are stillborn each year in the US and it is estimated

that half of those are due to cord accidents, the

deaths of which can be prevented with monitoring. I

have found just the opposite, that OB's do not want to

do increased testing due to the time consuming nature

of it as well as the cost. Therefore babies are dying

that don't need to die.

It would be wonderful if all women could have a

peaceful pregnancy and birth but the reality is that

there are exceptions. My life has forever been

changed because my daughter is dead, and it is mostly

for the worse. I am haunted by the fact that I never

heard her cry or saw the color of her eyes. I loved

her since the day that she was conceived and I will

love her until the day that I die.

All my best,

Cameron

--- Amy Cortright <amers@...> wrote:

> I'm not Sheri, but I did just have a baby in a

> hospital because my husband and parents pressured me

> to. Here are just some of the interventions:

>

> ~Recommending all sorts of genetic screening at the

> midpoint in pregnancy, when most women have already

> felt movement and abortion is just not an option for

> most. (And it never was for me at any point.)

>

> ~Testing all moms for gestational diabetes at 36

> weeks, whether or not they have any symptoms or risk

> factors.

>

> ~Testing all moms for group-B strep colonization and

> " treating " all positive moms with IV antibiotics

> during labor, even though studies have shown that

> only a small percentage of nontreated positive moms

> have any problems with their babies, and no

> significant improvement in outcomes between treated

> and nontreated.

>

> ~Electronic fetal monitoring and IVs (or at least

> hep locks) are routine in many hospitals. This

> leads to women not being able to labor in the

> positions most conducive to pain relief and progress

> of labor, and also leads almost everyone involved to

> look more at the monitor than the woman to determine

> how strong a contraction was or even if one existed.

> (I had several contractions that never showed up on

> the monitor and nobody believed that I'd actually

> had them!!!!)

>

> ~Repeated blood testing-- I was stuck so many times

> that they started using the same holes!

>

> ~In some places even episiotomy is still routine

>

> ~Many practices routinely induce labor at 41 weeks

> " just 'cause " . If the baby hasn't dropped, labor

> won't progress and then a c-section is ordered for

> " failure to progress. "

>

> ~Induction and not-as-good labor positions, among

> other interventions, often lead to an increase in

> the use of painkillers, which can slow labor and

> lead to c-sections for " failure to progress. "

>

> ~Postpartum, the law in my state is for all

> newborns' eyes to be treated with antibiotic

> ointment in case the mom had any active STDs.

> Insulting to the mom and hurts the bonding process--

> why not test moms beforehand and only treat those

> who test positive?

>

> ~Umbilical cords are routinely clamped before they

> stop pulsing.

>

> ~Breastfeeding is often interfered with or

> discouraged in many, subtle ways-- pediatricians and

> neonatologists encouraging supplementation if the

> milk doesn't come in right away or the baby has

> jaundice, nurses giving babies bottles while mom is

> sleeping instead of waking her up to nurse the baby,

> quieting baby with a pacifier or some sugar water

> between feedings instead of comfort nursing.

>

> There are others that I'm missing. And remember

> it's not easy for a mom in labor, even one who knows

> better, to refuse these interventions. I had a

> well-researched birth plan and a doula and still

> ended up with pitocin and a c-section for FTP

> (although no painkillers through three days of labor

> in the hospital). Needless to say, my next baby

> will be a VBAC at home!

>

> -Amy

> Re: U.S. has second worst

> newborn death rate in modern world, report says

>

> Hi Sheri,

> I was just curious what you mean by nonstop

> interventions during pregnancy.

>

> Thanks,

> Cameron

>

> --- Sheri Nakken <snakken@...> wrote:

>

> > Certainly poverty is part of the issue and the

> > NONSTOP INTERVENTIONS during

> > pregnancy and at birth,

> >

> > BUT ALSO in the US, at 12 hours of age, the

> > Hepatitis B vaccine is given to

> > babies, no matter what. Premie, traumatized,

> sick,

> > no matter what.

> >

> > Hepatitis B vaccine is NOT given at birth in

> Japan,

> > Norway, Finland, or

> > Iceland or most other countries of the world

> >

> > AT BIRTH, for god's sake...........how many

> babies

> > do you know who do drugs

> > or have unprotected sex at birth! THIS IS EVERY

> > baby, no matter what.

> >

>

http://www.who.int/immunization_monitoring/en/globalsummary/countryprofilese

> > lect.cfm

> > WHO Immunization Schedules

> >

> > Check the US schedule at abive sute

> >

> > Read some of the horror stories here on my

> webpage

> > http://www.nccn.net/~wwithin/hepatitisb.htm

> > People should be outraged............but

> alas....

> > Sheri

> >

>

http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/parenting/05/08/mothers.index/index.html

> >

> > U.S. has second worst newborn death rate in

> modern

> > world, report says

> > Research: 2 million babies die in first 24 hours

> > each year worldwide

> >

> > By Jeff Green

> > CNN

> >

> > Wednesday, May 10, 2006; Posted: 2:43 a.m. EDT

> > (06:43 GMT)

> >

> > (CNN) -- An estimated 2 million babies die

> within

> > their first 24 hours each

> > year worldwide and the United States has the

> second

> > worst newborn mortality

> > rate in the developed world, according to a new

> > report.

> >

> > American babies are three times more likely to

> die

> > in their first month as

> > children born in Japan, and newborn mortality is

> 2.5

> > times higher in the

> > United States than in Finland, Iceland or

> Norway,

> > Save the Children

> > researchers found.

> >

> > Only Latvia, with six deaths per 1,000 live

> births,

> > has a higher death rate

> > for newborns than the United States, which is

> tied

> > near the bottom of

> > industrialized nations with Hungary, Malta,

> Poland

> > and Slovakia with five

> > deaths per 1,000 births.

> >

> > " The United States has more neonatologists and

> > neonatal intensive care beds

> > per person than Australia, Canada and the United

> > Kingdom, but its newborn

> > rate is higher than any of those countries, "

> said

> > the annual State of the

> > World's Mothers report.

> >

> > The report, which analyzed data from

> governments,

> > research institutions and

> > international agencies, found higher newborn

> death

> > rates among U.S.

> > minorities and disadvantaged groups. For

> > African-Americans, the mortality

> > rate is nearly double that of the United States

> as a

> > whole, with 9.3 deaths

> > per 1,000 births.

> >

>

=== message truncated ===

__________________________________________________

May 11, 2006

Oh sweetie. I am so sorry for what you have endured. I don't think I could ever

recover from the loss of a child either. The grieving will always be with you,

but please don't torture yourself with guilt. You did the best you could with

what you knew at the time. Thank you for sharing the other side of the story

with us. May I ask if it was a home birth?

Anita

Cameron <camimeg@...> wrote:

I can understand the hestiation for a lot of what you

have listed, but unfortunately I was part of the 1% in

2005 who have had a stillbirth. My daughter would be

alive today if she had been monitored more closely to

see that she wasn't getting proper blood flow through

the cord due to an amniotic band constriction. If she

had been delivered early they could have saved her.

I do not believe in all situations that

non-intervention in pregnancy is best. 40,000 babies

are stillborn each year in the US and it is estimated

that half of those are due to cord accidents, the

deaths of which can be prevented with monitoring. I

have found just the opposite, that OB's do not want to

do increased testing due to the time consuming nature

of it as well as the cost. Therefore babies are dying

that don't need to die.

It would be wonderful if all women could have a

peaceful pregnancy and birth but the reality is that

there are exceptions. My life has forever been

changed because my daughter is dead, and it is mostly

for the worse. I am haunted by the fact that I never

heard her cry or saw the color of her eyes. I loved

her since the day that she was conceived and I will

love her until the day that I die.

All my best,

Cameron

--- Amy Cortright <amers@...> wrote:

> I'm not Sheri, but I did just have a baby in a

> hospital because my husband and parents pressured me

> to. Here are just some of the interventions:

>

> ~Recommending all sorts of genetic screening at the

> midpoint in pregnancy, when most women have already

> felt movement and abortion is just not an option for

> most. (And it never was for me at any point.)

>

> ~Testing all moms for gestational diabetes at 36

> weeks, whether or not they have any symptoms or risk

> factors.

>

> ~Testing all moms for group-B strep colonization and

> " treating " all positive moms with IV antibiotics

> during labor, even though studies have shown that

> only a small percentage of nontreated positive moms

> have any problems with their babies, and no

> significant improvement in outcomes between treated

> and nontreated.

>

> ~Electronic fetal monitoring and IVs (or at least

> hep locks) are routine in many hospitals. This

> leads to women not being able to labor in the

> positions most conducive to pain relief and progress

> of labor, and also leads almost everyone involved to

> look more at the monitor than the woman to determine

> how strong a contraction was or even if one existed.

> (I had several contractions that never showed up on

> the monitor and nobody believed that I'd actually

> had them!!!!)

>

> ~Repeated blood testing-- I was stuck so many times

> that they started using the same holes!

>

> ~In some places even episiotomy is still routine

>

> ~Many practices routinely induce labor at 41 weeks

> " just 'cause " . If the baby hasn't dropped, labor

> won't progress and then a c-section is ordered for

> " failure to progress. "

>

> ~Induction and not-as-good labor positions, among

> other interventions, often lead to an increase in

> the use of painkillers, which can slow labor and

> lead to c-sections for " failure to progress. "

>

> ~Postpartum, the law in my state is for all

> newborns' eyes to be treated with antibiotic

> ointment in case the mom had any active STDs.

> Insulting to the mom and hurts the bonding process--

> why not test moms beforehand and only treat those

> who test positive?

>

> ~Umbilical cords are routinely clamped before they

> stop pulsing.

>

> ~Breastfeeding is often interfered with or

> discouraged in many, subtle ways-- pediatricians and

> neonatologists encouraging supplementation if the

> milk doesn't come in right away or the baby has

> jaundice, nurses giving babies bottles while mom is

> sleeping instead of waking her up to nurse the baby,

> quieting baby with a pacifier or some sugar water

> between feedings instead of comfort nursing.

>

> There are others that I'm missing. And remember

> it's not easy for a mom in labor, even one who knows

> better, to refuse these interventions. I had a

> well-researched birth plan and a doula and still

> ended up with pitocin and a c-section for FTP

> (although no painkillers through three days of labor

> in the hospital). Needless to say, my next baby

> will be a VBAC at home!

>

> -Amy

> Re: U.S. has second worst

> newborn death rate in modern world, report says

>

> Hi Sheri,

> I was just curious what you mean by nonstop

> interventions during pregnancy.

>

> Thanks,

> Cameron

>

> --- Sheri Nakken <snakken@...> wrote:

>

> > Certainly poverty is part of the issue and the

> > NONSTOP INTERVENTIONS during

> > pregnancy and at birth,

> >

> > BUT ALSO in the US, at 12 hours of age, the

> > Hepatitis B vaccine is given to

> > babies, no matter what. Premie, traumatized,

> sick,

> > no matter what.

> >

> > Hepatitis B vaccine is NOT given at birth in

> Japan,

> > Norway, Finland, or

> > Iceland or most other countries of the world

> >

> > AT BIRTH, for god's sake...........how many

> babies

> > do you know who do drugs

> > or have unprotected sex at birth! THIS IS EVERY

> > baby, no matter what.

> >

>

http://www.who.int/immunization_monitoring/en/globalsummary/countryprofilese

> > lect.cfm

> > WHO Immunization Schedules

> >

> > Check the US schedule at abive sute

> >

> > Read some of the horror stories here on my

> webpage

> > http://www.nccn.net/~wwithin/hepatitisb.htm

> > People should be outraged............but

> alas....

> > Sheri

> >

>

http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/parenting/05/08/mothers.index/index.html

> >

> > U.S. has second worst newborn death rate in

> modern

> > world, report says

> > Research: 2 million babies die in first 24 hours

> > each year worldwide

> >

> > By Jeff Green

> > CNN

> >

> > Wednesday, May 10, 2006; Posted: 2:43 a.m. EDT

> > (06:43 GMT)

> >

> > (CNN) -- An estimated 2 million babies die

> within

> > their first 24 hours each

> > year worldwide and the United States has the

> second

> > worst newborn mortality

> > rate in the developed world, according to a new

> > report.

> >

> > American babies are three times more likely to

> die

> > in their first month as

> > children born in Japan, and newborn mortality is

> 2.5

> > times higher in the

> > United States than in Finland, Iceland or

> Norway,

> > Save the Children

> > researchers found.

> >

> > Only Latvia, with six deaths per 1,000 live

> births,

> > has a higher death rate

> > for newborns than the United States, which is

> tied

> > near the bottom of

> > industrialized nations with Hungary, Malta,

> Poland

> > and Slovakia with five

> > deaths per 1,000 births.

> >

> > " The United States has more neonatologists and

> > neonatal intensive care beds

> > per person than Australia, Canada and the United

> > Kingdom, but its newborn

> > rate is higher than any of those countries, "

> said

> > the annual State of the

> > World's Mothers report.

> >

> > The report, which analyzed data from

> governments,

> > research institutions and

> > international agencies, found higher newborn

> death

> > rates among U.S.

> > minorities and disadvantaged groups. For

> > African-Americans, the mortality

> > rate is nearly double that of the United States

> as a

> > whole, with 9.3 deaths

> > per 1,000 births.

> >

>

=== message truncated ===

__________________________________________________

May 11, 2006

This group covered by medicaid, welfare etc is a bought and paid for controlled

group that can be used to experiment on with new drugs and interventions, except

they wouldn't be given left over oral live polio vaccines like the poor Africans

are given. Maybe that has changed; anyone?

Anita

Jami Fawley <pink-think@...> wrote:

Also it speaks about the minority mortality rates in the US being higher.

Aren't the poor and minorities here also in the more liked to be vaxxed

category? Those that are in the welfare system have a very high vaccination

rate and medical intervention rate during pregnancy and childhood AND a very

high rate of infant formula consumption. It seems to me that the govenrment

is buying them off. Paying for these services to get them to sign up for

them.

I just couldn't escape the spin in this one: Vaccinations, Population

Control, The Evil America Theory, etc etc. It's getting a little old.

Jami, IL

U.S. has second worst newborn death rate in modern

world, report says

Certainly poverty is part of the issue and the NONSTOP INTERVENTIONS during

pregnancy and at birth,

BUT ALSO in the US, at 12 hours of age, the Hepatitis B vaccine is given to

babies, no matter what. Premie, traumatized, sick, no matter what.

Hepatitis B vaccine is NOT given at birth in Japan, Norway, Finland, or

Iceland or most other countries of the world

AT BIRTH, for god's sake...........how many babies do you know who do drugs

or have unprotected sex at birth! THIS IS EVERY baby, no matter what.

http://www.who.int/immunization_monitoring/en/globalsummary/countryprofilese

lect.cfm

WHO Immunization Schedules

Check the US schedule at abive sute

Read some of the horror stories here on my webpage

http://www.nccn.net/~wwithin/hepatitisb.htm

People should be outraged............but alas....

Sheri

http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/parenting/05/08/mothers.index/index.html

U.S. has second worst newborn death rate in modern world, report says

Research: 2 million babies die in first 24 hours each year worldwide

By Jeff Green

CNN

Wednesday, May 10, 2006; Posted: 2:43 a.m. EDT (06:43 GMT)

(CNN) -- An estimated 2 million babies die within their first 24 hours each

year worldwide and the United States has the second worst newborn mortality

rate in the developed world, according to a new report.

American babies are three times more likely to die in their first month as

children born in Japan, and newborn mortality is 2.5 times higher in the

United States than in Finland, Iceland or Norway, Save the Children

researchers found.

Only Latvia, with six deaths per 1,000 live births, has a higher death rate

for newborns than the United States, which is tied near the bottom of

industrialized nations with Hungary, Malta, Poland and Slovakia with five

deaths per 1,000 births.

" The United States has more neonatologists and neonatal intensive care beds

per person than Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom, but its newborn

rate is higher than any of those countries, " said the annual State of the

World's Mothers report.

The report, which analyzed data from governments, research institutions and

international agencies, found higher newborn death rates among U.S.

minorities and disadvantaged groups. For African-Americans, the mortality

rate is nearly double that of the United States as a whole, with 9.3 deaths

per 1,000 births.

Sub-Saharan Africa remains the worst place in the world to be a mother or

child, with Scandinavian nations again taking the top spots in the rankings

by the Connecticut-based humanitarian group.

Sweden heads the list, with Niger last. (10 worst and best)

The " Mothers' Index " in the report ranks 125 nations according to 10 gauges

of well-being -- six for mothers and four for children -- including

objective measures such as lifetime mortality risk for mothers and infant

mortality rate and subjective measures such as the political status of

women.

MacCormack, president and CEO of Save the Children, said the report

card " illustrates the direct line between the status of mothers and the

status of their children. "

" In countries where mothers do well, children do well, " he said in a

written statement accompanying the report.

But each year, according to the report, more than a half-million women die

as a result of pregnancy and childbirth difficulties, 2 million babies die

within their first 24 hours, 2 million more die within their first month

and 3 million are stillborn.

An unhealthy start

As Americans celebrate Mother's Day on Sunday, " 5,000 mothers will mourn

the loss of the newborn they bear that very day in the developing world, "

said Anne Tinker, director of Save the Children's Saving Newborn Lives

initiative.

" All children, no matter where they are born, deserve a healthy start in

life, " Melinda Gates wrote in a foreword to the report, which was funded in

part by the foundation she runs with her husband, Microsoft co-founder Bill

Gates.

MacCormack said " significant progress " had been made in reducing deaths in

children under age 5 in recent years, but " we have made little progress in

reducing mortality rates for babies during the first month of life. "

Causes of death in the developing world were dramatically different from

those in the developed world, the report said. In industrialized nations

deaths were most likely to result from babies being born too small or too

early, while in the developing world about half of newborn deaths were from

infection, tetanus and diarrhea.

The newborn mortality rate in the United States has fallen in recent

decades, the report said, but continues to affect minorities

disproportionately.

Only 17 percent of all U.S. births were to African-American families, but

33 percent of all low-birthweight babies were African-American, according

to the report.

The research also found that poorer mothers with less education were at a

significantly higher risk of early delivery. The study added that in

general lower educational attainment was associated with higher newborn

mortality.

Tinker said Japan was among a number of nations highly ranked mainly

because they offer free health services for pregnant women and babies,

while the United States suffers from disparities in access to health care.

" We can do better here, but what's really important is that we do

something " in the developing world, she said.

The report said almost all newborn and maternal deaths take place in

developing nations -- 99 percent and 98 percent, respectively. The newborn

mortality rates were particularly high in countries with a recent history

of armed conflict, including Liberia and Sierra Leone.

But the report also concluded that political will was more important than

national wealth. A " newborn scorecard " ranking 78 developing nations found

that some relatively impoverished countries -- including Colombia, Mexico,

Nicaragua and Vietnam -- fare better than others.

Ranking at the bottom of the scorecard were Liberia, Afghanistan, Angola

and Iraq -- countries where armed conflict and cultural practices impede

newborn survival.

" It's tragic that millions of newborns die every year, especially when

these deaths are so easily preventable, " Gates wrote. " Three out of four

newborn deaths could be avoided with simple, low-cost tools that already

exist, such as antibiotics for pneumonia, sterile blades to cut umbilical

cords and knit caps to keep babies warm. "

'The good news'

The Mothers' Index -- which excluded some nations that lacked sufficient

data -- highlights huge disparities between the nations at the top and the

bottom of the list.

Compared with mothers in the top 10 countries, a mother in the bottom 10

was found to be more than 750 times more likely to die in pregnancy or

childbirth.

In top-ranked Sweden, skilled personnel are present at nearly all births,

but in bottom-ranked Niger, such help is available for only 16 percent of

women in labor.

" The good news, " said MacCormack, " is that we know what it takes to help

these moms and children survive and thrive. "

The report highlights the three areas it says have the most influence on

child well-being: female education, presence of a trained attendant at

birth and use of family planning services.

Educated women, the report said, are more likely to marry and give birth

later in life, to seek health care and to encourage education for their

children, including girls.

The report said that family planning and increased contraception use leads

to lower maternal and infant death rates. Many women and children in

developing nations, it said, die as a result of births that come at the

wrong time -- too close together, too early or too late in the mother's

life.

--------------------------------------------------------

Sheri Nakken, R.N., MA, Hahnemannian Homeopath

Vaccination Information & Choice Network, Nevada City CA & Wales UK

Vaccines - http://www.nccn.net/~wwithin/vaccine.htm

May 11, 2006

yes, there is not good answer and I " m so sorry.

But so many have been injured from these interventions.

Where are the answers?

There aren't any.

Sheri

>

> Cameron <camimeg@...> wrote:

> I can understand the hestiation for a lot of what you

>have listed, but unfortunately I was part of the 1% in

>2005 who have had a stillbirth. My daughter would be

>alive today if she had been monitored more closely to

>see that she wasn't getting proper blood flow through

>the cord due to an amniotic band constriction. If she

>had been delivered early they could have saved her.

>

>I do not believe in all situations that

>non-intervention in pregnancy is best. 40,000 babies

>are stillborn each year in the US and it is estimated

>that half of those are due to cord accidents, the

>deaths of which can be prevented with monitoring. I

>have found just the opposite, that OB's do not want to

>do increased testing due to the time consuming nature

>of it as well as the cost. Therefore babies are dying

>that don't need to die.

>

>It would be wonderful if all women could have a

>peaceful pregnancy and birth but the reality is that

>there are exceptions. My life has forever been

>changed because my daughter is dead, and it is mostly

>for the worse. I am haunted by the fact that I never

>heard her cry or saw the color of her eyes. I loved

>her since the day that she was conceived and I will

>love her until the day that I die.

>

>All my best,

>Cameron

>

>--- Amy Cortright <amers@...> wrote:

>

>> I'm not Sheri, but I did just have a baby in a

>> hospital because my husband and parents pressured me

>> to. Here are just some of the interventions:

>>

>> ~Recommending all sorts of genetic screening at the

>> midpoint in pregnancy, when most women have already

>> felt movement and abortion is just not an option for

>> most. (And it never was for me at any point.)

>>

>> ~Testing all moms for gestational diabetes at 36

>> weeks, whether or not they have any symptoms or risk

>> factors.

>>

>> ~Testing all moms for group-B strep colonization and

>> " treating " all positive moms with IV antibiotics

>> during labor, even though studies have shown that

>> only a small percentage of nontreated positive moms

>> have any problems with their babies, and no

>> significant improvement in outcomes between treated

>> and nontreated.

>>

>> ~Electronic fetal monitoring and IVs (or at least

>> hep locks) are routine in many hospitals. This

>> leads to women not being able to labor in the

>> positions most conducive to pain relief and progress

>> of labor, and also leads almost everyone involved to

>> look more at the monitor than the woman to determine

>> how strong a contraction was or even if one existed.

>> (I had several contractions that never showed up on

>> the monitor and nobody believed that I'd actually

>> had them!!!!)

>>

>> ~Repeated blood testing-- I was stuck so many times

>> that they started using the same holes!

>>

>> ~In some places even episiotomy is still routine

>>

>> ~Many practices routinely induce labor at 41 weeks

>> " just 'cause " . If the baby hasn't dropped, labor

>> won't progress and then a c-section is ordered for

>> " failure to progress. "

>>

>> ~Induction and not-as-good labor positions, among

>> other interventions, often lead to an increase in

>> the use of painkillers, which can slow labor and

>> lead to c-sections for " failure to progress. "

>>

>> ~Postpartum, the law in my state is for all

>> newborns' eyes to be treated with antibiotic

>> ointment in case the mom had any active STDs.

>> Insulting to the mom and hurts the bonding process--

>> why not test moms beforehand and only treat those

>> who test positive?

>>

>> ~Umbilical cords are routinely clamped before they

>> stop pulsing.

>>

>> ~Breastfeeding is often interfered with or

>> discouraged in many, subtle ways-- pediatricians and

>> neonatologists encouraging supplementation if the

>> milk doesn't come in right away or the baby has

>> jaundice, nurses giving babies bottles while mom is

>> sleeping instead of waking her up to nurse the baby,

>> quieting baby with a pacifier or some sugar water

>> between feedings instead of comfort nursing.

>>

>> There are others that I'm missing. And remember

>> it's not easy for a mom in labor, even one who knows

>> better, to refuse these interventions. I had a

>> well-researched birth plan and a doula and still

>> ended up with pitocin and a c-section for FTP

>> (although no painkillers through three days of labor

>> in the hospital). Needless to say, my next baby

>> will be a VBAC at home!

>>

>> -Amy

>> Re: U.S. has second worst

>> newborn death rate in modern world, report says

>>

>> Hi Sheri,

>> I was just curious what you mean by nonstop

>> interventions during pregnancy.

>>

>> Thanks,

>> Cameron

>>

>> --- Sheri Nakken <snakken@...> wrote:

>>

>> > Certainly poverty is part of the issue and the

>> > NONSTOP INTERVENTIONS during

>> > pregnancy and at birth,

>> >

>> > BUT ALSO in the US, at 12 hours of age, the

>> > Hepatitis B vaccine is given to

>> > babies, no matter what. Premie, traumatized,

>> sick,

>> > no matter what.

>> >

>> > Hepatitis B vaccine is NOT given at birth in

>> Japan,

>> > Norway, Finland, or

>> > Iceland or most other countries of the world

>> >

>> > AT BIRTH, for god's sake...........how many

>> babies

>> > do you know who do drugs

>> > or have unprotected sex at birth! THIS IS EVERY

>> > baby, no matter what.

>> >

>>

>http://www.who.int/immunization_monitoring/en/globalsummary/countryprofilese

>> > lect.cfm

>> > WHO Immunization Schedules

>> >

>> > Check the US schedule at abive sute

>> >

>> > Read some of the horror stories here on my

>> webpage

>> > http://www.nccn.net/~wwithin/hepatitisb.htm

>> > People should be outraged............but

>> alas....

>> > Sheri

>> >

>>

>http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/parenting/05/08/mothers.index/index.html

>> >

>> > U.S. has second worst newborn death rate in

>> modern

>> > world, report says

>> > Research: 2 million babies die in first 24 hours

>> > each year worldwide

>> >

>> > By Jeff Green

>> > CNN

>> >

>> > Wednesday, May 10, 2006; Posted: 2:43 a.m. EDT

>> > (06:43 GMT)

>> >

>> > (CNN) -- An estimated 2 million babies die

>> within

>> > their first 24 hours each

>> > year worldwide and the United States has the

>> second

>> > worst newborn mortality

>> > rate in the developed world, according to a new

>> > report.

>> >

>> > American babies are three times more likely to

>> die

>> > in their first month as

>> > children born in Japan, and newborn mortality is

>> 2.5

>> > times higher in the

>> > United States than in Finland, Iceland or

>> Norway,

>> > Save the Children

>> > researchers found.

>> >

>> > Only Latvia, with six deaths per 1,000 live

>> births,

>> > has a higher death rate

>> > for newborns than the United States, which is

>> tied

>> > near the bottom of

>> > industrialized nations with Hungary, Malta,

>> Poland

>> > and Slovakia with five

>> > deaths per 1,000 births.

>> >

>> > " The United States has more neonatologists and

>> > neonatal intensive care beds

>> > per person than Australia, Canada and the United

>> > Kingdom, but its newborn

>> > rate is higher than any of those countries, "

>> said

>> > the annual State of the

>> > World's Mothers report.

>> >

>> > The report, which analyzed data from

>> governments,

>> > research institutions and

>> > international agencies, found higher newborn

>> death

>> > rates among U.S.

>> > minorities and disadvantaged groups. For

>> > African-Americans, the mortality

>> > rate is nearly double that of the United States

>> as a

>> > whole, with 9.3 deaths

>> > per 1,000 births.

>> >

>>

>=== message truncated ===

>

>__________________________________________________

>

May 12, 2006

Anita,

Thank you for your compassionate response. I was

eight months pregnant at the time when I noticed

decreased movement and that is when they determined

that her heart had stopped beating. She was perfectly

healthy though. I never got the chance to do a home

birth.

Cameron

--- Anita Durney <mydurney@...> wrote:

> Oh sweetie. I am so sorry for what you have endured.

> I don't think I could ever recover from the loss of

> a child either. The grieving will always be with

> you, but please don't torture yourself with guilt.

> You did the best you could with what you knew at the

> time. Thank you for sharing the other side of the

> story with us. May I ask if it was a home birth?

>

> Anita

>

> Cameron <camimeg@...> wrote:

> I can understand the hestiation for a lot of what

> you

> have listed, but unfortunately I was part of the 1%

> in

> 2005 who have had a stillbirth. My daughter would

> be

> alive today if she had been monitored more closely

> to

> see that she wasn't getting proper blood flow

> through

> the cord due to an amniotic band constriction. If

> she

> had been delivered early they could have saved her.

>

> I do not believe in all situations that

> non-intervention in pregnancy is best. 40,000

> babies

> are stillborn each year in the US and it is

> estimated

> that half of those are due to cord accidents, the

> deaths of which can be prevented with monitoring. I

> have found just the opposite, that OB's do not want

> to

> do increased testing due to the time consuming

> nature

> of it as well as the cost. Therefore babies are

> dying

> that don't need to die.

>

> It would be wonderful if all women could have a

> peaceful pregnancy and birth but the reality is that

> there are exceptions. My life has forever been

> changed because my daughter is dead, and it is

> mostly

> for the worse. I am haunted by the fact that I

> never

> heard her cry or saw the color of her eyes. I loved

> her since the day that she was conceived and I will

> love her until the day that I die.

>

> All my best,

> Cameron

>

> --- Amy Cortright <amers@...> wrote:

>

> > I'm not Sheri, but I did just have a baby in a

> > hospital because my husband and parents pressured

> me

> > to. Here are just some of the interventions:

> >

> > ~Recommending all sorts of genetic screening at

> the

> > midpoint in pregnancy, when most women have

> already

> > felt movement and abortion is just not an option

> for

> > most. (And it never was for me at any point.)

> >

> > ~Testing all moms for gestational diabetes at 36

> > weeks, whether or not they have any symptoms or

> risk

> > factors.

> >

> > ~Testing all moms for group-B strep colonization

> and

> > " treating " all positive moms with IV antibiotics

> > during labor, even though studies have shown that

> > only a small percentage of nontreated positive

> moms

> > have any problems with their babies, and no

> > significant improvement in outcomes between

> treated

> > and nontreated.

> >

> > ~Electronic fetal monitoring and IVs (or at least

> > hep locks) are routine in many hospitals. This

> > leads to women not being able to labor in the

> > positions most conducive to pain relief and

> progress

> > of labor, and also leads almost everyone involved

> to

> > look more at the monitor than the woman to

> determine

> > how strong a contraction was or even if one

> existed.

> > (I had several contractions that never showed up

> on

> > the monitor and nobody believed that I'd actually

> > had them!!!!)

> >

> > ~Repeated blood testing-- I was stuck so many

> times

> > that they started using the same holes!

> >

> > ~In some places even episiotomy is still routine

> >

> > ~Many practices routinely induce labor at 41 weeks

> > " just 'cause " . If the baby hasn't dropped, labor

> > won't progress and then a c-section is ordered for

> > " failure to progress. "

> >

> > ~Induction and not-as-good labor positions, among

> > other interventions, often lead to an increase in

> > the use of painkillers, which can slow labor and

> > lead to c-sections for " failure to progress. "

> >

> > ~Postpartum, the law in my state is for all

> > newborns' eyes to be treated with antibiotic

> > ointment in case the mom had any active STDs.

> > Insulting to the mom and hurts the bonding

> process--

> > why not test moms beforehand and only treat those

> > who test positive?

> >

> > ~Umbilical cords are routinely clamped before they

> > stop pulsing.

> >

> > ~Breastfeeding is often interfered with or

> > discouraged in many, subtle ways-- pediatricians

> and

> > neonatologists encouraging supplementation if the

> > milk doesn't come in right away or the baby has

> > jaundice, nurses giving babies bottles while mom

> is

> > sleeping instead of waking her up to nurse the

> baby,

> > quieting baby with a pacifier or some sugar water

> > between feedings instead of comfort nursing.

> >

> > There are others that I'm missing. And remember

> > it's not easy for a mom in labor, even one who

> knows

> > better, to refuse these interventions. I had a

> > well-researched birth plan and a doula and still

> > ended up with pitocin and a c-section for FTP

> > (although no painkillers through three days of

> labor

> > in the hospital). Needless to say, my next baby

> > will be a VBAC at home!

> >

> > -Amy

> > Re: U.S. has second

> worst

> > newborn death rate in modern world, report says

> >

> > Hi Sheri,

> > I was just curious what you mean by nonstop

> > interventions during pregnancy.

> >

> > Thanks,

> > Cameron

> >

> > --- Sheri Nakken <snakken@...> wrote:

> >

> > > Certainly poverty is part of the issue and the

> > > NONSTOP INTERVENTIONS during

> > > pregnancy and at birth,

> > >

> > > BUT ALSO in the US, at 12 hours of age, the

> > > Hepatitis B vaccine is given to

> > > babies, no matter what. Premie, traumatized,

> > sick,

> > > no matter what.

> > >

> > > Hepatitis B vaccine is NOT given at birth in

> > Japan,

> > > Norway, Finland, or

> > > Iceland or most other countries of the world

> > >

> > > AT BIRTH, for god's sake...........how many

> > babies

> > > do you know who do drugs

> > > or have unprotected sex at birth! THIS IS

> EVERY

> > > baby, no matter what.

> > >

> >

>

=== message truncated ===

__________________________________________________

May 12, 2006

OMG! You're kidding!! Hadn't heard that one...

U.S. has second worst newborn death rate in modern

world, report says

Certainly poverty is part of the issue and the NONSTOP INTERVENTIONS during

pregnancy and at birth,

BUT ALSO in the US, at 12 hours of age, the Hepatitis B vaccine is given to

babies, no matter what. Premie, traumatized, sick, no matter what.

Hepatitis B vaccine is NOT given at birth in Japan, Norway, Finland, or

Iceland or most other countries of the world

AT BIRTH, for god's sake...........how many babies do you know who do drugs

or have unprotected sex at birth! THIS IS EVERY baby, no matter what.

http://www.who.int/immunization_monitoring/en/globalsummary/countryprofilese

lect.cfm

WHO Immunization Schedules

Check the US schedule at abive sute

Read some of the horror stories here on my webpage

http://www.nccn.net/~wwithin/hepatitisb.htm

People should be outraged............but alas....

Sheri

http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/parenting/05/08/mothers.index/index.html

U.S. has second worst newborn death rate in modern world, report says

Research: 2 million babies die in first 24 hours each year worldwide

By Jeff Green

CNN

Wednesday, May 10, 2006; Posted: 2:43 a.m. EDT (06:43 GMT)

(CNN) -- An estimated 2 million babies die within their first 24 hours each

year worldwide and the United States has the second worst newborn mortality

rate in the developed world, according to a new report.

American babies are three times more likely to die in their first month as

children born in Japan, and newborn mortality is 2.5 times higher in the

United States than in Finland, Iceland or Norway, Save the Children

researchers found.

Only Latvia, with six deaths per 1,000 live births, has a higher death rate

for newborns than the United States, which is tied near the bottom of

industrialized nations with Hungary, Malta, Poland and Slovakia with five

deaths per 1,000 births.

" The United States has more neonatologists and neonatal intensive care beds

per person than Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom, but its newborn

rate is higher than any of those countries, " said the annual State of the

World's Mothers report.

The report, which analyzed data from governments, research institutions and

international agencies, found higher newborn death rates among U.S.

minorities and disadvantaged groups. For African-Americans, the mortality

rate is nearly double that of the United States as a whole, with 9.3 deaths

per 1,000 births.

Sub-Saharan Africa remains the worst place in the world to be a mother or

child, with Scandinavian nations again taking the top spots in the rankings

by the Connecticut-based humanitarian group.

Sweden heads the list, with Niger last. (10 worst and best)

The " Mothers' Index " in the report ranks 125 nations according to 10 gauges

of well-being -- six for mothers and four for children -- including

objective measures such as lifetime mortality risk for mothers and infant

mortality rate and subjective measures such as the political status of

women.

MacCormack, president and CEO of Save the Children, said the report

card " illustrates the direct line between the status of mothers and the

status of their children. "

" In countries where mothers do well, children do well, " he said in a

written statement accompanying the report.

But each year, according to the report, more than a half-million women die

as a result of pregnancy and childbirth difficulties, 2 million babies die

within their first 24 hours, 2 million more die within their first month

and 3 million are stillborn.

An unhealthy start

As Americans celebrate Mother's Day on Sunday, " 5,000 mothers will mourn

the loss of the newborn they bear that very day in the developing world, "

said Anne Tinker, director of Save the Children's Saving Newborn Lives

initiative.

" All children, no matter where they are born, deserve a healthy start in

life, " Melinda Gates wrote in a foreword to the report, which was funded in

part by the foundation she runs with her husband, Microsoft co-founder Bill

Gates.

MacCormack said " significant progress " had been made in reducing deaths in

children under age 5 in recent years, but " we have made little progress in

reducing mortality rates for babies during the first month of life. "

Causes of death in the developing world were dramatically different from

those in the developed world, the report said. In industrialized nations

deaths were most likely to result from babies being born too small or too

early, while in the developing world about half of newborn deaths were from

infection, tetanus and diarrhea.

The newborn mortality rate in the United States has fallen in recent

decades, the report said, but continues to affect minorities

disproportionately.

Only 17 percent of all U.S. births were to African-American families, but

33 percent of all low-birthweight babies were African-American, according

to the report.

The research also found that poorer mothers with less education were at a

significantly higher risk of early delivery. The study added that in

general lower educational attainment was associated with higher newborn

mortality.

Tinker said Japan was among a number of nations highly ranked mainly

because they offer free health services for pregnant women and babies,

while the United States suffers from disparities in access to health care.

" We can do better here, but what's really important is that we do

something " in the developing world, she said.

The report said almost all newborn and maternal deaths take place in

developing nations -- 99 percent and 98 percent, respectively. The newborn

mortality rates were particularly high in countries with a recent history

of armed conflict, including Liberia and Sierra Leone.

But the report also concluded that political will was more important than

national wealth. A " newborn scorecard " ranking 78 developing nations found

that some relatively impoverished countries -- including Colombia, Mexico,

Nicaragua and Vietnam -- fare better than others.

Ranking at the bottom of the scorecard were Liberia, Afghanistan, Angola

and Iraq -- countries where armed conflict and cultural practices impede

newborn survival.

" It's tragic that millions of newborns die every year, especially when

these deaths are so easily preventable, " Gates wrote. " Three out of four

newborn deaths could be avoided with simple, low-cost tools that already

exist, such as antibiotics for pneumonia, sterile blades to cut umbilical

cords and knit caps to keep babies warm. "

'The good news'

The Mothers' Index -- which excluded some nations that lacked sufficient

data -- highlights huge disparities between the nations at the top and the

bottom of the list.

Compared with mothers in the top 10 countries, a mother in the bottom 10

was found to be more than 750 times more likely to die in pregnancy or

childbirth.

In top-ranked Sweden, skilled personnel are present at nearly all births,

but in bottom-ranked Niger, such help is available for only 16 percent of

women in labor.

" The good news, " said MacCormack, " is that we know what it takes to help

these moms and children survive and thrive. "

The report highlights the three areas it says have the most influence on

child well-being: female education, presence of a trained attendant at

birth and use of family planning services.

Educated women, the report said, are more likely to marry and give birth

later in life, to seek health care and to encourage education for their

children, including girls.

The report said that family planning and increased contraception use leads

to lower maternal and infant death rates. Many women and children in

developing nations, it said, die as a result of births that come at the

wrong time -- too close together, too early or too late in the mother's

life.

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Sheri Nakken, R.N., MA, Hahnemannian Homeopath

Vaccination Information & Choice Network, Nevada City CA & Wales UK

Vaccines - http://www.nccn.net/~wwithin/vaccine.htm

May 12, 2006

Can you think of more needy sheep? Poverty is a breeding ground for illness.

This group is typically uneducated, riddled with health problems (diet and

stress related) and most don't know enough to question the drugs, surgeries or

treatment recommendations; the perfect group to test on.

Anita

Jami Fawley <pink-think@...> wrote:

OMG! You're kidding!! Hadn't heard that one...

Re: U.S. has second worst newborn death rate in

modern world, report says

This group covered by medicaid, welfare etc is a bought and paid for

controlled group that can be used to experiment on with new drugs and

interventions, except they wouldn't be given left over oral live polio

vaccines like the poor Africans are given. Maybe that has changed; anyone?

Anita

Jami Fawley <pink-think@...> wrote:

Also it speaks about the minority mortality rates in the US being higher.

Aren't the poor and minorities here also in the more liked to be vaxxed

category? Those that are in the welfare system have a very high vaccination

rate and medical intervention rate during pregnancy and childhood AND a very

high rate of infant formula consumption. It seems to me that the govenrment

is buying them off. Paying for these services to get them to sign up for

them.

Jami, IL

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