{"content":[{"text":"Context","bbox":{"left":0.202016,"top":0.085921,"width":0.08862400000000001,"height":0.023397}},{"text":"Regional context","bbox":{"left":0.202016,"top":0.131328,"width":0.153757,"height":0.019328000000000012}},{"text":"The province of Kocaeli, with a population of 1,502,123 (Turkish Statistical Institute 2010), is \n one of the 81 provinces of Turkey and is located at the crossroads of a heavily used \n transportation gateway from Europe to Anatolia, Asia, and the Middle East. Its capital is İzmit, \n with a population of 248,424 inhabitants, which is sometimes also referred to as Kocaeli. The \n short distance to major metropolises and the Marmara Sea have facilitated Kocaeli’s \n development as an industrial, commercial, transportation, and logistics centre. In addition to \n the C-100 and TEM (Trans European Motorway) connecting Asia with Europe, Kocaeli is also part \n of an extensive railway network. The International Atatürk Airport and the International Sabina \n Gökçen Airport are, respectively, 90 km and 50 km from İzmit. The province of Kocaeli plays an \n important role in the Marmara region and serves the inland Anatolia with 5 public and 35 \n privately owned ports and docks and logistical infrastructure all along the Gulf of İzmit.","bbox":{"left":0.142742,"top":0.16093,"width":0.714758,"height":0.18044599999999997}},{"text":"The province of Kocaeli, with a GDP value of approximately three times the national average, \n ranks number one in GDP per capita. With approximately 1600 industrial enterprises active in \n the region, Kocaeli accounts for 13% of Turkey’s manufacturing industry and 16% of its foreign \n trade volume. Kocaeli hosts Turkey’s most important and largest industrial potential. This \n potential creates a need for organizing both the industry and its infrastructures. There are 15 \n organized industrial zones (6 are active), two tax-free industrial zones, and three technology \n parks. Kocaeli also boasts good infrastructures such as dams, natural gas, telecommunications, \n electricity, and a waste incineration plant. Today, the region’s industries employ 171,714 \n people. Many vocational schools and vocational and technical higher educational institutions \n support the province’s human resources. The two universities in Kocaeli, with 50,000 students \n combined, and Scientific Research Centres play important roles in providing the qualified human \n resources required.","bbox":{"left":0.142742,"top":0.351932,"width":0.714908,"height":0.196982}},{"text":"Development context","bbox":{"left":0.202016,"top":0.560347,"width":0.19287799999999997,"height":0.019328000000000012}},{"text":"One of the Millennium Development Goals to eliminate poverty and the consequences caused \n by poverty by 2015 is to reduce mortality rates for newborn infants and to have mothers give \n birth to their babies under the supervision of a doctor, with medical care and proper nutrition. \n In Turkey, approximately 1,400,000 babies are born each year, and 17.6 per 1000 of them \n (30,380 babies in 2008) lose their lives before reaching their first year of life (OECD 2009). In \n other countries, however, the mortality rate is much lower. For example, in developed countries \n such as Sweden, Germany, and Great Britain, the infant mortality rates are around 3 per 1000, \n 4 per 1000, and 5 per 1000 respectively (OECD 2009). In less developed countries of Europe \n such as Czech Republic, Greece, and Spain, the infant mortality rate is 4 per 1000, in Poland it \n is 7 per 1000 (OECD 2009). These comparative rates show that Turkey has a far way to go, and \n decreasing the infant mortality rate is of utmost and vital importance to the country. \n Policy development","bbox":{"left":0.142742,"top":0.589664,"width":0.7148669999999999,"height":0.215777}},{"text":"Infant mortality rate is a very important criterion to assess the level of development of a \n country. This project takes into account the last three months of pregnancy and the first three \n months after birth. Mothers have a pregnancy period under the control of a doctor, who observes \n both mother and baby for a period of three months after birth. For the last three months before \n birth and the first three months after birth, mothers are given 12 L of milk per month and 72 L \n of milk per person total. In addition, protective vaccinations for the baby are provided.","bbox":{"left":0.142737,"top":0.815434,"width":0.714657,"height":0.09805799999999998}}],"images_bbox":[],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[]}