Online Map Of Maternal Health To Inform And Influence World Leaders

Pouya Rohani

7:42 pm

11/24/10

To help health of women around the world, researchers from the University of Southampton create an online interactive world map. Researchers use information from the World Health Organization and United Nations to present unambiguous facts and figure to their viewers. These comprehensive figures and facts are focused on the health of women and girls around the world during pregnancy, childbirth, and after childbirth. Part of the goal is to communicate the key facts in a simple to use online map to policymakers. As Brigid McConville, director of the WRA in the UK, said that advocate around the world can in short time and more effectively lobby governments of the countries and influence their decision by using this online interactive map.

Maternal death is very high and the highest in few countries, like India the highest 63000 death each year, in developing countries about 99 percent. Women in developing countries become mother at very young ages like less than fifteen years of age. It is proved that the girls under age fifteen die at much higher rate, five times, in the time of giving birth than women in the age of 20s.

I think this is very good approach to educate people and at the same time influence governments around the world to work more for their people. It seems some governments around the world needs some push to do their job that is place higher priority on their people. They have much more resources than United Nations or World Health Organization to spend on the people of their countries. It is unfortunate that so many women are dying each year when this can be prevented or stopped. Little education and minimum resources can help substantially to bring down women death rate during childbirth and after childbirth.

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