Maternal mortality rate is unacceptableThe article focuses on the maternal mortality rate in Malawi. It asserts that Malawi has the worst maternal mortality rate of any non-conflict country in the world with 200 doctors and 3,...
Maternal Mortality Rate Is Unacceptable: Malawi Has the Worst Maternal Mortality Rate of Any Non-Conflict Country in the World. Statistics Show That 16 Women Die Daily from Childbirth and Pregnancy-Related Complications. While Malawian Nurses Are Leaving for the West in Droves, One Midwife, Dorothy...
The maternal mortality in The Gambia is currently at an unpleasant rate of 289 per 100,000 live births, well above the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) target of 70 per 100,000 live births. Objectives: This dissertation aims to explore the drivers of this high maternal mortality in The ...
In Malawi, maternal mortality remains high. Existing maternal death reviews fail to adequately review most deaths, or capture those that occur outside the health system. We assessed the value of community involvement to improve capture and response to community maternal deaths.We designed and piloted...
Improving maternal healthcare services is crucial to achieving the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG-3), which aims to reduce maternal mortality and morbidity. There is a consensus among different researchers that proper utilization of maternal healthcar
Maternal health service usage in Malawi appears to be reasonable, yet the high maternal mortality rate is disturbing and calls for analysing factors hindering the achievement of maternal health-related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The findings of this study underscore the need to minimise the...
Maternal mortality rate is among the most important health indicators. This indicator is a function of factors that are related to pregnant women; these factors include economic status, social and family life of the pregnant woman, human resources, structure of the hospitals and health centers, and...
Mortality under five years is an important indicator and a significant index for assessing the health and general wellbeing of a country. Even though global efforts to reduce under-five mortality have yielded some positive results, the rates are still hi
In sub-Saharan Africa, the re- gion with the highest maternal mortality ratio (500 deaths per 100,000 live births) and perinatal mortality rate (56 per 1,000 births) [17,18], coverage of facility deliveries are particularly low. A recent estimate indicated that across 28 sub-Saharan ...
China, as a whole, is about to meet the Millennium Development Goals for reducing the maternal mortality ratio (MMR) and infant mortality rate (IMR), but the disparities between rural area and urban area still exists. This study estimated the potential effectiveness of expanding coverage with hig...