The maternal mortality rate has decreased by 50 percent in a decade in some ex-Soviet bloc and Balkan countries, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) said in a report unveiled Thursday.
The rate of women dying just before, after or during birth went down from 51 to 24 in 100,000 births between 2000 and 2009, according to the report on former 12 former Soviet bloc countries, not including Baltic states, and eight southeast European countries including Turkey.
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"There is a lot of achievement in this region, but we still have an agenda to go because we are lacking behind on the Millennium goal number five"," Thea Fierens, regional director of UNFPA, said.
In 2008, the UN established a set of Millennium Development Goals, one of which envisages a 75 percent reduction in maternal mortality by 2015.
Amnesty's Maternal Mortality Report Criticized By Sierra Leone Government
Sierra Leone's government defended itself on Friday against a report saying it had one of the world's highest maternal death rates, arguing it had succeeded in reducing the number in recent years.
Sierra Leone's government defended itself on Friday against a report saying it had one of the world's highest maternal death rates, arguing it had succeeded in reducing the number in recent years.
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High Maternal Mortality Rate in Sierra Leone Cause For Concern: Amnesty
One in eight women in Sierra Leone risk death during childbirth or pregnancy and the government must act to improve maternal health care, rights group Amnesty International said Tuesday.
One in eight women in Sierra Leone risk death during childbirth or pregnancy and the government must act to improve maternal health care, rights group Amnesty International said Tuesday.
Maternal Mortality Remains The Same in Africa
The huge numbers of women dying while giving birth due to lack of medical facilities in Africa has not abated over the past decade, a World Health Organisation expert said on Thursday.
The huge numbers of women dying while giving birth due to lack of medical facilities in Africa has not abated over the past decade, a World Health Organisation expert said on Thursday.
