Location
SPREP LIBRARY
Publisher
Government of Cook Islands
Publication Year:
2005
Publication Place
Cook Islands
Physical Description:
65 p. ; 29 cm
Call Number
VF 6672
Relevant Countries
Cook Islands
Collection
Material Type
Language
English
Record ID:
29783
Legacy PEIN ID:
69737
General Notes
Kept in vertical file collection
Available online
Subject Heading(s)
Development Goals - Cook Islands
Environment - Cook Islands
Economic development - Cook Islands
Women in development - Oceania
Rural development - Environmental aspects - Oceania
HIV infections - Prevention - Developing countries
Mother and child - Health - Oceania
Abstract
The Cook Islands has already achieved the targeted two third reduction of under 5 year olds mortality rate from 26 per 1000 live births in 1991 to 7.7 in 2001. The infant mortality rate dropped from 31.3 infants per 1000 live births in 1991 to 9.8 in 2001.Whilst the maternal health indicators for Cook Islands women were rated amongst the best in the region, there remain some worrying statistics. Teenage pregnancies had been on the increase in the past with a quarter of childbearing women reportedly having children during their teenage years. In general, key health issues affecting mothers and women include the relatively high incidences of cervical and breast cancers, and increasing prevalence of non-communicable disease (NCDs) such as diabetes, obesity, hypertension, circulatory illnesses and their complications resulting from changing lifestyles of the Cook Islands population. NCD’s are now the major cause of morbidity and mortality in the adult Cook Islands population.There are no officially recorded cases of HIV/AIDS in the Cook Islands although there are 2 resident HIV/AIDS cases (one male, one female) in the Cook Islands. Prevention and awareness raising programmes on the modes of transmission and risks of HIV/AIDS in the Cook Islands need to be maintained and further strengthened.
Location
SPREP LIBRARY
Publisher
Government of Cook Islands
Publication Year:
2005
Publication Place
Cook Islands
Physical Description:
65 p. ; 29 cm
Call Number
VF 6672
Relevant Countries
Cook Islands
Collection
Material Type
Language
English
Record ID:
29783
Legacy PEIN ID:
69737
General Notes
Kept in vertical file collection
Record Created: 25-Jan-2007
Record Modified: 08-Feb-2021