President Alberto Fernández highlighted this Friday the decrease in the infant mortality rate to the lowest record in history in 2021, and recalled that “some judges ordered cribs to be burned”, but that currently the national government “builds and distributes them.”
“Some judges ordered cribs to be burned, today we have a country that builds and distributes them. Thanks to policies like this, in 2021 we reached the lowest infant mortality in our history,” Fernández said in a message published on his official account of the Twitter social network.
And in that sense, he added: “If we don’t take care of our girls and boys, what future are we talking about?”
Some judges ordered cribs to be burned, today we have a country that builds and distributes them. Thanks to policies like this, in 2021 we reached the lowest infant mortality in our history.
If we don’t take care of our girls and boys, what future are we talking about? pic.twitter.com/hSot9yicrf
– Alberto Fernandez (@alferdez) February 10, 2023
The head of state accompanied this message with the publication of a video of the visit he made this week to La Rioja, where he led the inauguration of the Los Sauces water, recreation and sports park, built with an investment of 50 million pesos within the framework of the “50 Destinations” Plan.
In addition, the head of state participated in that province, together with the Ministers of Health, Carla Vizzotti; and Social Development, Victoria Tolosa Paz, and the provincial leaders, for the delivery of ambulances and Safe Sleep kits.
Last Monday, Vizzotti announced during a meeting of the Federal Health Council (Cofesa) that in 2021 the infant mortality rate fell to the lowest record in history (8 per thousand against 9.2 per thousand in 2019).
At the meeting, which was held in the Hall of the Original Peoples of the Casa Rosada, the authorities detailed that, in total, in 2021, 4,238 infant deaths were recordedwhich represents a reduction of 6% compared to 2020.
The decrease was 8% for deaths that occur in the neonatal period (3,029, in 2021, versus 3,303, in 2019), while it was maintained for the post-neonatal period (1,209 versus 1,202 deaths respectively), indicated the Health portfolio in a statement.
In this way, the rate of girls and boys under 1 year of age who died in 2021 was 8 per thousand, which represents a decrease of more than one point in two years.
They highlighted that, in addition to the decrease at the country level in the infant mortality rate, there was also a shortening of the gap between the provinces (difference between the provinces with the highest and lowest infant mortality rates).
