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  • Poverty Blamed for Continent's Maternal Mortality 20 Nov 2009 04:36 GMT
    ... been blamed for the high rate of maternal mortality in Africa. Uganda's First Lady, Mrs. Janet ... for concern and called for zero-tolerance of maternal deaths. She said in sub-Saharan Africa, a woman's ... counterparts in developed countries. "The tragedy of maternal death does not just end at the loss ...

  • UN State of World's Children report highlights maternal deaths 20 Nov 2009 13:41 GMT
    ... Children highlights how severe the problem of maternal mortality is in developing nations like India. On ... Nigeria together account for one third of maternal deaths worldwide. The latest international estimates show that ...

  • Free deliveries to curb maternal mortality rate 20 Nov 2009 14:53 GMT
    ... Free deliveries to curb maternal mortality rate , Jakarta | Fri, 11/20/2009 8:25 PM | National To help curb the ...

  • Yar'Adua Urges Action On Maternal Mortality 23 Nov 2009 12:12 GMT
    ... Jalingo — First Lady, Hajiya Turai Yara'Adua, has called ... on issues that would reduce child and maternal mortality rate in the country. Turai, who made ...

  • Maternal Mortality to Become a Thing of the Past - Kunbour 17 Nov 2009 13:52 GMT
    ... Accra — The Minister of Health Designate, Dr Benjamin Kunbour, ... has assured Ghanaians that he will let maternal mortality become a thing of the past. Dr. ...

  • Maternal Mortality Rises 18 Nov 2009 04:34 GMT
    ... Enugu — THE National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) ... Agency (NPHCDA) has said that cases of maternal mortality remains on the increase in the country, ...

  • Maternal mortality, abortion rates decline in former Soviet bloc 16 Nov 2009 09:19 GMT
    ... Over the last decade, the maternal mortality rate has dropped by 50 percent in some former Soviet bloc and Balkan countries, ...

  • GHS launches campaign on safe motherhood 23 Nov 2009 21:50 GMT
    ... Birth" to ensure an accelerated reduction of maternal mortality. The campaign, which also has a sub ... bleeding which forms about one-fourth of all maternal deaths. Dr Patrick Kuma-Aboagye, Reproductive Health Co-ordinator, Family ...

  • Dying mothers highlight failure towards achieving MDGs: UNICEF 20 Nov 2009 03:51 GMT
    ... Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the number of maternal deaths remains stubbornly high, according to a United ... 5, which aims to reduce the 1990 maternal mortality ratio by three-quarters by 2015, said the ... on these commitments. The lifetime risk of maternal death for a woman living in a least ...

  • Population Council worries over maternal health 16 Nov 2009 23:30 GMT
    ... Karlyn said eclampsia, a major cause of maternal death in Nigeria, often leads to seizures, coma ... dissemination meeting held for the Magnesium Sulphate treatment/Maternal Mortality Reduction project held in Kano recently. He ... showed that the Magnesium Sulphate treatment reduced maternal deaths by 40 per cent. “This saves the ...

  • Improve child, maternal care 16 Nov 2009 07:32 GMT
    ... has not succeeded on the part of maternal mortality. The Ministry of Health puts Tanzania’s maternal death rate at 578 per 100,000 births, but ... United Nations set a goal to reduce maternal deaths by 75 per cent by 2015. Going ...

  • Report on maternity deaths lists 29 ways to improve 19 Nov 2009 17:43 GMT
    ... third annual report of the Perinatal and Maternal Mortality Review Committee is the most complete of ... in New Zealand, while there were 11 maternal deaths overall. The majority of district health boards ...

  • AIDS deaths top 25M but infections slow 24 Nov 2009 14:30 GMT
    ... of Africa's worst affected countries had shown it having an increasingly significant impact on maternal mortality. "Half of all maternal deaths in Botswana and South Africa are due to HIV," he said. "This tells us ...

  • 500,000 unwanted pregnancies registered annually - report 16 Nov 2009 11:55 GMT
    ... to 152,000 fewer abortions and 1,600 fewer maternal deaths,” said Dr Mugisha. He said poor women ... and those living in areas with high maternal death indices like Karamoja would benefit most from ... unmet need for modern methods were satisfied, maternal mortality would drop by 40 per cent, and ...

  • AIDS death toll passes 25 mln: UNAIDS 24 Nov 2009 11:53 GMT
    ... of Africa's worst affected countries had shown it having an increasingly significant impact on maternal mortality. "Half of all maternal deaths in Botswana and South Africa are due to HIV," he said. "This tells us ...


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