by Matt Stearmer | Sep 7, 2011 | Awareness, Country Profile, Improving Conditions
The Millennium Development Goal on reducing maternal mortality rates by 75% globally is in jeopardy. This fact has prompted a significant focus on emergency measures to rapidly increase improvements addressing maternal mortality. Currently only 5% of Indonesia’s...
by Matt Stearmer | Sep 7, 2011 | Awareness, Country Profile, Worst Conditions
Nearly half of all maternal deaths occur in sub-Saharan Africa 1, and life for mothers in Angola is particularly tragic with a life time risk of death due to child birth ranging from 1 in 7 2 to 1 in 12 [1.UNIFEC – ibid]. Most women will have between 6 and 7...
by Matt Stearmer | Sep 7, 2011 | Awareness, Country Profile
The maternal mortality in Azerbaijan is unacceptably high and very likely is rising. In 1994 the rate of maternal mortality was 44.6 death for 100,000 births. This was already 5 times worse than the average in Europe1. Between 2000 and 2006 in rate of maternal...
by Matt Stearmer | Sep 7, 2011 | Awareness, Country Profile
Austria should be commended for all of the excellent work they have done to reduce maternal mortality within their country. Austria has one of the lowest maternal mortality rates in world at just 4 per 100,000 live births1 Because of the low maternal mortality rate,...
by Matt Stearmer | Sep 7, 2011 | Awareness, Country Profile
Australia should be commended for their effects to reduce maternal mortality rates. For the majority of the population the rates are extremely low by world standards (8/100,0000 live births)1. “The Government is providing funding to improve Indigenous...
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