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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South Sudan:The Most Dangerous Country to Give Birth
Decades of conflict and marginalization have left South Sudan the most dangerous country on earth in which to give birth. For every 100,000 births in South Sudan, more than 2,000 mothers die. Ninety percent of women give birth away from formal medical facilities and without the help of professionally trained assistants. One of the main… Continue reading South Sudan:The Most Dangerous Country to Give Birth
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
Teenage Love in Senegal and Baby Dumping in Namibia: Why Sex is not for The Ignorant
When a girl is brought up in a male-dominated society where the powerful man gets whatever he desires, equipping the poor girl with ignorance is essentially sentencing them to a life of a nightmare.
President Mugabe Ignores Pregnant Women and Spend 300,000 on a Reality Show
A United Nation multimedia radio reported on Tuesday October 25 that in Zimbabwe eight mothers die giving birth every day. Already infant mortality statistic is worrisome in the African country. With the medical advances we have at this time in human history, this should not be acceptable. After many years of reckless domestic and economic… Continue reading President Mugabe Ignores Pregnant Women and Spend 300,000 on a Reality Show