Kari Leonard
September 25, 2008
5:06pm
This article is based on a report that was released by UNICEF. It states that more than 99 percent of all maternal deaths occur in developing countries. The report also said that 84 percent of the deaths are concentrated in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. More than half a million women die because of complications due to pregnancy or childbirth. The sad fact is that the causes of this are clear and there are means to deal with them, but yet women are still dying unnecessarily. In the developing countries the risk of death from complications in pregnancy or childbirth is one in 76 compared to one in 8,000 in the industrial world. Hemorrhaging is the most common cause of death, particularly in Africa and Asia. Coverage of pregnancy throughout the developing world has increased by 15 percent but it is still not where it needs to be. Many countries have ensured that skilled personnel are present at all deliveries and that these personnel have access to emergency care where necessary. I cannot believe that there are still women dying because of pregnancy complications. I still don’t understand why if they have some knowledge on how to help women who are pregnant and they don’t. They still have issues with women dying. This really just hits home to me because when you are living in this country, you don’t really think about things that haven’t been a problem in your country for a while, that they are still problems in developing countries. I would really want to know a strategy for the U.S. to be able to help these women and get them a lot of help.
http://www.thisdayonline.com/nview.php?id=123371
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