Unicef says 606 babies born into poverty each day
According to the United Nations Fund for Children (Unicef), based on 2007 figures provided by the Government, in Argentina 606 babies are born poor every day. More precisely, the organization said that in the country 1920 children are born per day, 31.6% of them are born into poor households.”
However, statistics from Unicef are not endorsed by all. For instance, Sergio Britos, a professor at the School of Nutrition of Buenos Aires University (UBA) and director of the Center for Research on Child Nutrition (Cesni), noted: “according to our calculations, based on a 30% of poverty in Argentina, and given that the maternal and child poverty is higher than the average, in Argentina about 950 babies are born poor each day. “
Edgardo Trivisonno, a former assistant secretary of Community Health in Buenos Aires City, provides more details: “Pathetic but true: 25 children born in Argentina each day will never reach a year of life, 30 will not reach 5 and if they survive, will be sentenced to a life of deprivations, such as food, clothing, education, leisure, etc..”
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