“World Health”: a shocking statistic for mothers’ death during birth

A report issued by the World Health Organization and other United Nations bodies stated that the complications of pregnancy or childbirth led to the death of a woman almost every two minutes during the year 2023. The report published on Monday said that this equals estimated 260,000 women worldwide, according to “Sky News Arabia”.

The World Health Organization added that mothers’ deaths between 2000 and 2023 decreased by 40 percent worldwide, due to an improvement in access to basic health services.

However, the organization warned that the improvement of improvement has slowed down since 2016.

The report stated that human financing discounts had severe effects on health care in many parts of the world, forcing states to retreat from the vital services of the health of the mother, the newborn and the child.

The Director General of the World Health Organization, Tidros Adhanum Guerberesus, said, ” In addition to ensuring access to good motherhood, enhancing healthy and reproductive rights for women and girls is very important.

He added: “While this report shows a glimmer of hope, the data also highlights the severity of pregnancy in many parts of the world currently despite the fact that there are solutions to prevent and treat complications that cause the vast majority of mothers’ deaths.”

It is noteworthy that one of the goals of the United Nations for sustainable development is to reduce mothers mortality rate from 328 deaths per 100,000 live births in 2000, to less than 70 by 2030.

The report explained that “achieving this is an unprecedented challenge.”

He added: “There is a need for quick measures to protect the health of mothers and end the tragedy of mothers’ deaths. Women have the right not to be limited to survival; rather, to live in good health.”