South Sudan has the worst reported maternal mortality rate in the world. “More women die in child birth, per capita, in South Sudan, than in any country in the world,” says Caroline Delany, a health specialist with the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) in South Sudan which is funding a raft of maternal health programmes.… Continue reading South Sudan Has the World’s Worst Maternal mortality Rate
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Higher Maternal Mortality in Northern Nigeria Mirror Situation in Many West African States
Nigeria’s health services halved the maternal mortality rate between 1990 and 2010, but in parts of the predominantly Muslim north, which is less socio-economically advanced, women are 10 times more likely to die in childbirth than in the oil-rich, predominantly Christian south. Maternal health personnel are calling for more appropriate interventions to bridge the gap.… Continue reading Higher Maternal Mortality in Northern Nigeria Mirror Situation in Many West African States
In Uganda, Cervical Cancer is the Silent Killer
AMOLATAR/GULU, 25 June 2012 (IRIN) – In the obstetrics and gynaecology ward of St Mary’s Hospital Lacor in northern Uganda’s Gulu District, Apilli Kilara lies on the floor under a blood-stained sheet, staring at the ceiling. Kilara, 43, and the mother of seven children, is in the advanced stages of cervical cancer. “I started experiencing… Continue reading In Uganda, Cervical Cancer is the Silent Killer
Poverty and Culture Undermine Cervical Cancer Treatment
CAIRO, 14 June 2012 (IRIN) – On 30 April the Egyptian government launched a nationwide campaign to raise awareness of cervical cancer and offer free immunization to 15,000 unmarried women on the assumption that they would not have had any sexual contact. Cervical cancer is caused by sexually-acquired infection; prevention and treatment are unaffordable for… Continue reading Poverty and Culture Undermine Cervical Cancer Treatment