'Pregnancy is deadly in a developing country'
By Leilani Chavez, abs-cbnNEWS.com | 01/16/2009 5:30 PM
Pregnancy is 300 times deadlier for women in least developed countries than women in developed ones, the UNICEF said in a report issued Friday.
In its 2009 State of the World Children report, UNICEF said an estimated 99 percent of global deaths arise from pregnancy and complications in the developing world, making pregnancy among the most serious health risks for women.
“Every year, more than half a million women die as a result of pregnancy or childbirth complications, including about 70,000 girls and young women aged 15 to 19,” Ann Veneman, UNICEF Executive Director, said in a written statement.
Out of 76 pregnant women, one will most likely die of childbirth in a developing country while the chances are slimmer in developed countries where the rate is 1 in 8,000. The report also noted that for every mother who dies, 20 others are suffering from illnesses or injuries ...
http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/features/01/16/09/pregnancy-deadly-developing-countryRemarks by Ann M. Veneman, UNICEF Executive Director at the Global launch and Press Briefing State of the World’s Children Report 2009
... Every year, more than 500,000 women die as a result of pregnancy or childbirth complications.
Around 70,000 of these deaths are among girls and young women 15 to 19. This is not only a tragic personal loss for the family it also leaves a long-term impact on the health and wellbeing of children and the development of communities and countries.
Around 99 per cent of maternal deaths take place in the developing world where having a child remains among the most serious health risks for women. Twenty one per cent of maternal deaths take place in just three countries: the DRC, Ethiopia and Nigeria ...
In addition, every year, some 4 million newborns die within the first 28 days of life from largely preventable causes. That is about 40 per cent of all under-five deaths every year. The burden is disproportionately heavy in Africa and Asia. Ninety five per cent of maternal deaths occur in Africa and Asia combined and 90 per cent of newborn deaths occur in Africa and Asia ...
http://www.unicef.org/media/media_47169.htmlWomen in LDCs 300 times more likely to die in childbirth
"The divide between the industrialised countries and developing regions, particularly the least developed ones, is perhaps greater on maternal mortality than on almost any other issue," the report said.
For example, a woman in Niger has a one in seven chance of dying during the course of her lifetime from complications during pregnancy or delivery, as against the risk faced by mothers in the United States, where it's one in 4,800 or in Ireland, where it's just one in 48,000.
Following close behind Niger in terms of the highest lifetime risk of maternal death are Afghanistan, Sierra Leone, Chad, Angola, Liberia, Somalia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Guinea-Bissau and Mali ...
Niger and Malawi nearly cut their under-five death rates in half between 1990 and 2007. In Indonesia, under-five death rates fell to nearly a third of what they were in 1990, and in Bangladesh they fell by more than a half ...
http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/099200901161531.htmChildbirth 300 times riskier in poor countries than in rich: UNICEF
... On average, 1,500 women die every day during pregnancy or childbirth, or about half a million per year, with 95 percent of them in Africa or Asia. India alone accounts for 22 percent of the global total.
One quarter of these women die from post-partum haemorrhage, 15 percent from infections, 13 percent from complication in an abortion, 12 percent from eclampsia (a metabolism problem that causes hypertension and convulsions) and eight percent from obstructed labour ...
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iaRgXyNhmMDycMPccLtwTjQCM7Kw'Sense of urgency' needed to cut maternal deaths, UNICEF head says
... The UN agency said many of deaths could be prevented by:
- Improving family planning and care for newborns.
- Ensuring trained medics are available for deliveries.
- Providing HIV drugs to infected women to improve the chances of survival for new mothers and their babies.
- Offering a continuum of health services that integrates home, community, outreach and facility-based care ...
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/01/15/maternity-deaths.htmlUNICEF: Extreme Risks for Pregnant Women and Newborn Babies in Developing Countries
Pregnancy 300 times deadlier in least developed countries; UNICEF Canada calls on Canada to build on its international commitments to child and maternal health
... Rapid and significant progress on maternal and newborn health is possible. Dramatic results can be achieved with minimal investment. For example, iron supplements cost less than 80 cents per person per year. This is a significant fact when we know that severe iron deficiency anaemia is causing the death of more than 60,000 young women a year in pregnancy and childbirth ...
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28669372/UN STUDY:
11 RP women die of childbirth each day
By Dona Pazzibugan
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 18:37:00 01/15/2009
... "Around 11 Filipino mothers die every day or an estimated 4,500 every year due to severe hemorrhage, hypertensive disorders, sepsis and problems related to obstructed labor and abortion," said Unicef's State of the World's Children report for 2009 ...
Among the recommended interventions are increasing the coverage of births supervised by midwives and skilled health professionals, as well as providing essential lifesaving care for mother and newborn before, during or after birth in emergency obstetric care facilities.
Unicef also said it was essential to increase women's access to the prevention of unwanted pregnancies through quality reproductive health services.
It is also important to improve their nutritional status and prevent iron and folate deficiencies, Unicef added ...
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/nation/view/20090115-183563/11-RP-women-die-of-childbirth-each-dayA preventable shame
January 16, 2009 - 9:14PM
... The major reasons women die in pregnancy are bleeding, infection, unsafe abortion, a pregnancy specific condition known as eclampsia that requires early detection and skilful management, and obstructed labour. In some regions, malaria is a major contributor.
So why do women die from these largely preventable or manageable complications? As with so many conditions of the poorest countries, the answer is complex: poverty, leading to sub-optimal health and education for young women; limited access to preventive and curative services; failure to give priority to the needs of women and children; lack of antenatal care or trained birth attendants and facilities.
It is not just the immediate consequences of illness in pregnancy that make a difference. More and more evidence suggests that a mother's health during pregnancy has important implications, not just for the baby's survival, but also for lifelong health. Safe motherhood improves the health of mothers and their families but also has a profound effect on their ability to work, and so generate income and produce for their families, especially children, and for the community ...
What could be a higher priority than directing more of our increased aid contribution to mothers and their children?
http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/a-preventable-shame-20090115-7i5f.html?page=-1'Tragedy' of maternal death
... It adds that girls who give birth before the age of 15 are five times more likely to die in childbirth than women in their 20s, the agency said ...
The number of maternal deaths has remained largely unchanged over the past two decades and has made it more difficult to reduce child mortality.
A newborn baby has less chance of surviving if its mother dies during or shortly after childbirth ...
Liberia had the highest rate of neonatal mortality at 66 deaths per 1,000 live births ...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7830900.stmGLOBAL: Saving lives does not cost much
JOHANNESBURG, 15 January 2009 (IRIN) - ... Saving mothers is critical. Babies whose mothers die in the first six weeks of their lives are far more likely to die in the first two years of life than those whose mothers survive, the report said. A study in Afghanistan found that about three-quarters of infants born to mothers who died, also subsequently died.
Other developing countries have begun to adopt these measures and best practices to bring down the number of newborn and maternal deaths. Postnatal care is a major gap in almost all such countries and is the time of most newborn and maternal deaths, said Joy Lawn, senior research and policy advisor with Save the Children-US, who contributed to the UNICEF report.
She said data from Bangladesh showed that a home visit on the first and or second day after birth could reduce neonatal deaths by two-thirds. The first seven days of life was also "the critical period for initiating high-impact life-saving behaviours, including exclusive breastfeeding."
Merely getting babies on to exclusive breastfeeding immediately could save the lives of 30 percent of newborns Shiferaw said ...
http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=82394UNICEF: Teen births 5 times deadlier than in 20s
By CELEAN JACOBSON
... Worldwide, more than 60 million women who are currently aged 20-24 were married before they were 18, with the most child marriages being in South Asia and in Africa.
If a mother is under the age of 18, her infant's risk of dying in its first year of life is 60 percent greater than that of an infant born to a mother older than 19.
In addition, the report says adolescent wives are susceptible to violence, abuse and exploitation. Young brides are often forced to drop out of school, have few work opportunities and little chance to influence their own lives.
"If young girls are not in school, they are more vulnerable," South African Health Minister Barbara Hogan said at the launch. "It's not just a health issue; it is about the status of young women and girls" ...
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jzt4Pe9VaPrtC-zuF_cKbwO-T98wD95NJ8IG0Women education, empowerment key to saving lives: UNICEF report
Every year 216,000 newborns die in Pakistan before their first month, while 58 percent children die before reaching the age of five
By Atif Khan
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has the eighth highest rate of deaths among children under one month in the world and 500 newborns die every day, says “The State of the World’s Children 2009” report launched by UNICEF here on Thursday ...
CAUSES: About 40 percent of newborn deaths are due to asphyxia (oxygen deprivation), 20 percent die due to infections and 16 percent due to premature birth.
The major causes of newborn deaths are lack of mother’s access to nutritional food, lack of access to skilled birth attendants, lack of education, lack of use of contraceptives to space births, and little or no knowledge about childhood illness and treatment.
The report suggests that supporting the education and empowerment of women is key to saving lives. Educated women marry later than uneducated ones and are likely to not suffer the complications of early pregnancy; they can use good nutrition during pregnancy and good health choices ...
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009%5C01%5C16%5Cstory_16-1-2009_pg11_3India a child marriage hub: UNICEF
Anchal Vohra
Friday, January 16, 2009, (New Delhi)
More than 40 per cent of the world's child marriages take place in India, even though the legal age for wedding is 18 ...
The statistics are alarming:
- 45% of women married before they turned 18.
- 78,000 women die during childbirth every year.
- One million infants die every year, 40% of them in the first week after birth ...
http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20090080219&ch=1/16/2009%209:52:00%20AM
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