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...
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| description | 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. |
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| spelling | upm-640372018-06-08T00:58:50Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/64037/ River pollution relationship to the national health indicated by under-five child mortality rate: a case study in Malaysia Abdul Wahab, Mohd Aqmin Jamadon, Nur Khaliesah Mohmood, Adzleen Amir Hamzah, Amir Syahir 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. Hibiscus Publisher 2015 Article PeerReviewed text en 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 Abdul Wahab, Mohd Aqmin and Jamadon, Nur Khaliesah and Mohmood, Adzleen and Amir Hamzah, Amir Syahir (2015) River pollution relationship to the national health indicated by under-five child mortality rate: a case study in Malaysia. Bioremediation Science & Technology Research, 3 (1). pp. 20-26. ISSN 2289-5892 https://journal.hibiscuspublisher.com/index.php/BSTR/article/view/249 |
| spellingShingle | Abdul Wahab, Mohd Aqmin Jamadon, Nur Khaliesah Mohmood, Adzleen Amir Hamzah, Amir Syahir River pollution relationship to the national health indicated by under-five child mortality rate: a case study in Malaysia |
| title | River pollution relationship to the national health indicated by under-five child mortality rate: a case study in Malaysia |
| title_full | River pollution relationship to the national health indicated by under-five child mortality rate: a case study in Malaysia |
| title_fullStr | River pollution relationship to the national health indicated by under-five child mortality rate: a case study in Malaysia |
| title_full_unstemmed | River pollution relationship to the national health indicated by under-five child mortality rate: a case study in Malaysia |
| title_short | River pollution relationship to the national health indicated by under-five child mortality rate: a case study in Malaysia |
| title_sort | river pollution relationship to the national health indicated by under-five child mortality rate: a case study in malaysia |
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