Taking an infantâs pulse presents a very special challenge. When you check an infantâs pulse you should visualize taking the babyâs hand closest to you and placing the thumb in the babyâs ear. Of course you donât actually have to place the thumb in the ear.
although the poverty rate in africa has dropped in recent years rapid population growth means that the number of people suffering poverty keeps growing from 280 million in 1990 to an estimated 330 million in 2012 of the 20 countries in the world with the worst food and nutrition security 19 are in africa
Add to that mix some horrible genocides, along with famines and out-of-control disease (HIV/AIDS), and Africa was teetering on the edge, and in many areas still does today. Although Africa remains the world's poorest inhabited continent, there are many bright spots in this land of over one billion people and its 2,000 + languages. Significant economic and social gains have taken place over the last few years, with South Africa, Nigeria, Morocco and Egypt leading the way.