According to a United Nations report, a woman dies every two minutes during pregnancy or childbirth. According to estimates, there were 287,000 deaths worldwide in 2020 alone.
While the death rate fell between 2000 and 2015, it has since practically stagnated or even increased regionally. The data in the report goes up to 2020. The effects of the corona pandemic, when many clinics had to care for people infected with corona, are not yet visible. The situation in poorer regions and countries in conflict is particularly dramatic, it said. According to this report, 70 percent of the deaths occurred in sub-Saharan Africa.
“No mother needs to fear for her life during childbirth, especially when the knowledge and resources are available to manage common complications,” said UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell. Complications include heavy bleeding, high blood pressure, consequences of unsafe abortions or diseases such as HIV/AIDS and malaria, which can be made worse by pregnancy.
Expand care, make contraception possible
Good health care in the neighborhood could save many women, according to the report released Thursday by the World Health Organization and other UN agencies. They also need access to contraceptives to plan their pregnancy and thus better protect their health. One of the United Nations development goals is to reduce maternal mortality from 339 per 100,000 live births in 2000 to less than 70 by 2030. In 2020 it was 223.
Source: Krone
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