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The Philippines welcomed one of the world’s symbolic “seven billionth” babies Monday, after she arrived to a celebratory cheer at a packed government-run hospital.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Weighing 2.5 kilos (5.5 pounds), Danica May Camacho was delivered just before midnight Sunday amid an explosion of camera flashes in the delivery room at Manila’s Jose Fabella Memorial Hospital.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The baby is the second child for Dalura and her partner, Florante Camacho<\/strong>, who quietly stood in a corner wearing a white hospital gown as television crews and photographers crowded to get a shot of his daughter.<\/p>\n

The parents and the baby were met by top United Nations officials in the Philippines, who presented the child with a cake.<\/strong><\/p>\n

There were also gifts from local benefactors including a scholarship grant for the child’s study, and a livelihood package to enable the parents to start a general store.<\/p>\n

Also on hand to witness the event was 12-year-old Lorrize Mae Guevarra, who the Philippines declared as its own symbolic six billionth baby in 1999 when the world reached that demographic landmark.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The United Nations named a Bosnian baby, Adnan Mevic, as the Earth’s six billionth inhabitant on October 12, 1999. The secretary general at the time, Kofi Annan, was pictured in a Sarajevo hospital with Mevic in his arms.<\/p>\n

The Mevic family is now struggling in poverty at their Sarajevo home, which is partly why no baby will be put in the global spotlight this time.<\/p>\n

Danica May Camacho is one of several children in countries around the world being declared a symbolic seven billionth human.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It was hoped she would arrive at exactly midnight, but she was delivered two minutes early.<\/p>\n

Health Secretary Enrique Ona said the arrival of the world’s seven billionth baby also presented the Philippines with an opportunity to assess population related issues.<\/strong><\/p>\n

According to the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) State of the World Population Report, the Philippines is the 12th most populous country in the world with 94.9 million people.<\/p>\n

China continues to have the biggest share of the population at 1.35 billion, followed by India at 1.24 billion.<\/p>\n

The UNFPA said 10 percent of girls in the Philippines aged 15 to 19 have started child bearing, with many of the young also increasingly vulnerable to HIV.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Very telling considering the “Every Man” is Asian!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Source AFP<\/em>
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