River Pollution Relationship to the National Health Indicated by Under- Five Child Mortality Rate: A Case Study in Malaysia

Authors

  • Mohd Aqmin Abdul Wahab Faculty of Economics and Management, The National University of Malaysia, 43600 UKM, Bangi Selangor, Malaysia.
  • Nur Khaliesah Jamadon Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, UPM 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.
  • Adzleen Mohmood Department of Ophthalmology, Putrajaya Hospital, Precint 7, 62250 Putrajaya, Malaysia.
  • Amir Syahir Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, UPM 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54987/bstr.v3i1.249

Abstract

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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2015-11-02

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Wahab, M. A. A., Jamadon, N. K., Mohmood, A., & Syahir, A. (2015). River Pollution Relationship to the National Health Indicated by Under- Five Child Mortality Rate: A Case Study in Malaysia. Bioremediation Science and Technology Research (e-ISSN 2289-5892), 3(1), 20–25. https://doi.org/10.54987/bstr.v3i1.249

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