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| Embrace MOM: Danica Camacho, infant to-7 billion from the Philippines, cuddled her mother at Jose Fabella Memorial Hospital, Manila. |
Danica was born in a crowded hospital in Manila, Philippines, and was greeted with a fairly festive celebration. He got his gift of chocolate cake and a free voucher to buy shoes.
The celebration is more symbolic and does not reflect the true demographic count. With millions of births and deaths throughout the world every day, it is impossible to determine who is rightly considered as a citizen to-7 billion in this world.
What is clear, the UN decided Monday to hold a series of celebration of the birth of the baby to the symbolically-7 billion worldwide. Danica was the first baby born at the Jose Fabella Memorial Hospital, Manila, two minutes before midnight Sunday and it was considered close enough to represent the birth on Monday.
"She's very pretty," said Camille Galura, the mother, while carrying the baby weighed 2.5 kilograms. He was actually born prematurely or one month earlier than normal birth.
Danica was the second son of the couple Galura and Florante Camacho, a driver who sustains the life of low income families.
Warning
Dr. Eric Tayag of the Philippine Department of Health stated, the birth of Danica also insert a warning. "Seven billion is a number we have to think in depth," he said. "We should really focus on the question whether there will be food, clean water, homes, and adequate education for every child. If the answer is no, then we have to think hard to cope with the population explosion, "he explained.
In the Philippines, most people dwell on the issue of birth control. The government supports family planning programs, although the Roman Catholic Church strongly opposes contraception. Demographic records show, until 1804 citizens of the world reached one billion and a century later, in 1927, the number doubled. Furthermore, the numbers quickly doubled, ie 3 billion in 1959, 4 billion in 1974, 5 billion in 1987, and 6 billion in 1998.
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