Pakistan ranked among countries with nearly half of global maternal deaths: UN report
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A hospital staff attends to a day-old twin babies, whose mother has been displaced by flood, following rains and floods during the monsoon season on the outskirts of Sehwan, Pakistan September 7, 2022. — Reuters
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UN: According to UN data released on Monday, the United Nations: Pakistan is ranked Pakistan in half of the world’s around 260,000 maternity deaths in 2023, which, according to data released on Monday, have a strong impact on the US and UK to assist in financing.
Apart from Pakistan, other countries are Nigeria, India and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
Three UN agencies said in a joint report that these deaths resulted in complications after the birth or complications of pregnancy during pregnancy.
On April 7, trends were published in the World Health Organization (WHO) and the UN’s sexual and reproductive health agency UNFPA, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF).
The report states that Nigeria has the highest maternity deaths, and in 2023, all the deaths of global maternity were more than a quarter (28.7 %), with about 75 75,000 deaths.
In 2023, only three other countries had more than 10,000 maternity deaths – India and the DRC signed a contract with 19,000, of which Pakistan had a total of 11,000. India and the DRC increased by 7.2 %, while Pakistan contributed 4.1 percent of global maternity deaths.
According to the report, in 2023, all the maternity deaths globally participated in the HALF half (47 %) together.
The report warns that deduction in extraordinary aid is endangering global progress to eliminate maternity deaths and has demanded maximum investment in midwives and other health workers.
This shows that maternity mortality decreased by 40 % between 2000 and 2023, mainly due to better access to health services.
Since financing aid countries are forced to return important services for maternity, newborn and children’s health, UN agencies appeal immediate action to prevent maternity deaths, especially in humanitarian Settings, where the number is already dangerous.
WHO Director General Tedros Adhnum Ghaybases said in a statement, “Although this report reflects hopelessness, the figures also highlight how dangerous the world’s pregnancy is still.
“In addition to ensuring access to standard maternity care, it would also be necessary to strengthen the basic health and reproductive rights of women and girls. Factors that affect their chances of healthy results during and beyond pregnancy.”
The report also provides the first global account on the effects of Covid-19 pandemic diseases on maternity survival.
It is estimated that in 2021, 40,000 more women died due to pregnancy or childbirth, which increased to 282,000 in 2022 and 322,000 next year.
This increase highlights the importance of ensuring not only due to direct complications due to covide 19, but also in maternity services, ensuring that it is available during epidemic and other emergency conditions.
“When a mother dies in pregnancy or baby birth, her baby’s life is also at risk,” said Catherine Russell, executive director of UNICEF. Often, both are lost because we know how to prevent it. “
He added that with a decline in financial support globally, especially in the most critical settings, “the world will have to invest in midwives, nurses and health workers of the community immediately to ensure that every mother and child will have the opportunity to survive and develop.”
The report highlights the permanent inequality between the regions and the countries as well as uneven progress.
Maternity deaths have decreased by 40 % between 2000 and 2023, with all the Saharan Africa gaining significant benefits. It was only in three areas of the United Nations to watch important drops since 2015, and others with Australia and New Zealand and Central and South Asia.
Nevertheless, the Sahara Africa participated in 2023 of the global maternity burden in 2023 due to high rates of poverty and numerous conflicts.
Meanwhile, five regions saw progress since 2015: North Africa and Western Asia, East and Southeast Asia, Oceania (except Australia and New Zealand), Europe and North America, and Latin America and the Caribbean.
Dr. Natalia Kanim, the executive director of the UNFPA, maintained that access to standard maternity health services is a right, not a privilege.
He called for immediate responsibility for the construction of a health -related health system, which protects the lives of pregnant women and newborns.
“By promoting the data needed to identify the supply chains, midwifery workforce, and most risky, we must eliminate and eliminate the tragedy of potential maternity deaths and their tremendous tool on families and societies,” he said.
The report also highlighted the plight of pregnant women living in humanitarian emergency, which faces the most risks globally. Almost two -thirds of global maternity deaths are now found in countries affected by controversy or conflict.
In addition to ensuring significant services during pregnancy, birth and post -birth period, this report emphasizes the importance of efforts to enhance women’s overall health, as well as to prevent basic health conditions that increase anemia, malaria and abnormal diseases.
In addition, the report emphasizes the need to ensure that girls are in school, and that they and women have knowledge and resources to protect their health.
