River pollution relationship to the national health indicated by under-five child mortality rate: a case study in Malaysia
The trend of global under-five child mortality rate showed a steady decrease at -3.14% per year approaching the United Nations millennium development goals target (-4.0% reduction per year from 1990-2015). This rate is usually inversely proportional to the nations GDP. However, the progress in the r...
Saved in:
| Main Authors: | , , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Hibiscus Publisher
2015
|
| Online Access: | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/64037/1/River%20pollution%20relationship%20to%20the%20national%20health%20indicated%20by%20under-five%20child%20mortality%20rate%20a%20case%20study%20in%20Malaysia.pdf http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/64037/ https://journal.hibiscuspublisher.com/index.php/BSTR/article/view/249 |
| Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
| Summary: | The trend of global under-five child mortality rate showed a steady decrease at -3.14% per year approaching the United Nations millennium development goals target (-4.0% reduction per year from 1990-2015). This rate is usually inversely proportional to the nations GDP. However, the progress in the recent years (2006-2012) in Malaysia has raised a disturbing concern with an annual average increment of +0.81% per year. Thus, there is an urgent need to identify the reasons of such risky ecosystem. By analyzing recorded data on river pollution from 2007-2012, we found that river pollution has high correlation with the gross domestic products, not at the same year, but for two years prior that indicates a lag time. We also found that under-five child mortality has strong correlation with the river pollutions. The development-pollution health triangular cycle needs to be put in a balanced to ensure the nation prosperity and sustainability of the nation. |
|---|