United Nations: Pakistan has been ranked in four countries – along with Nigeria, India and Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) – which is responsible for the estimated 260,000 maternal deaths worldwide in 2023 worldwide, according to the United Nations data released on Monday, which has given clear warnings about the impact of the US and UK.
Maternal deaths involved in the child’s birth or complications during pregnancy, three United Nations agencies said in a joint report.
Trends were published in the maternal mortality report by UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), World Health Organization (WHO), and United Nations Sexual and Reproductive Health Agency UNFPA on 7 April.
The report showed that Nigeria had the highest number of maternal deaths in Nigeria and with around 75,000 deaths in 2023, all estimated to be more than a quarter of all estimated global maternal death (28.7%).
In 2023, only three other countries had more than 10,000 maternal deaths – India and DRC were tied by 19,000, with Pakistan a total of 11,000. India and DRC calculated 7.2% in each, while Pakistan had 4.1% of the global maternal death.
According to the report, these four countries calculated about half (47%) in 2023 globally.
The report warns that unprecedented assistance cuts are making global progress to eliminate maternal death at risk and have been called for more investment in midwives and other health workers.
This indicates that maternal death has declined by 40% between 2000 and 2023, due to better access to large -scale health services.
Since the aid funding cut the countries to return important services for maternal, newborn and child health, the United Nations agencies appeal for immediate action to prevent maternal deaths, especially in human settings where the number is already dangerous.
“While this report shows glimpse of Asha, data also reveals how dangerous pregnancy in the world today-despite the fact that solutions exist to prevent and treat the complications that cause the vast majority of maternal deaths,” a statement in a statement.
“In addition to ensuring access to quality maternity care, it will be important to strengthen the underlying health and reproductive rights of women and girls – factors that reduce their possibilities of pregnancy and beyond healthy consequences.”
The report also provided the first global account of the Covid-19-epidemic influence on maternal survival.
More than 40,000 women died in 2021 due to pregnancy or delivery, 282,000 in 2022 and 322,000 next year.
This growth was not only associated with the complications caused by Covid-19, but also for widespread obstructions for maternity services, highlights the importance of ensuring that this care is available during epidemic and other emergency conditions.
UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell said, “When a mother dies in pregnancy or delivery, her child’s life is also at risk. Often, both are lost for reasons that we know how to stop.”
More Mams-to-Ho with cuts in global funding, especially in the most delicate settings, “The world should invest in immediate rights, nurses and community health workers to ensure that every mother and child get a chance to survive and flourish”, he said.
The report also exposes frequent inequalities amidst uneven progression along with areas and countries.
With a decline of about 40% in maternal mortality between 2000 and 2023, Sub-Sahara Africa received significant benefits. It was only one of the three regions to see important drops since 2015, with others Australia and New Zealand and Central and Southern Asia.
Nevertheless, sub-Sahara Africa still had about 70% of the global burden of maternal death due to poverty and high rates of many conflicts in 2023.
Meanwhile, five regions saw progress stable after 2015: North Africa and Western Asia, Eastern and South-East Asia, Oceania (except Australia and New Zealand), Europe and North America and North America and Latin America and Caribbean.
UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanam said that access to quality maternal health services is a right, not a privilege.
He emphasized the immediate responsibility of creating a well -revived health systems that protect the lives of pregnant women and newborns.
He said, “By promoting supply chains, midwifery workforce, and disagreeing data is necessary to indicate those highest risk, we should stop the tragedy of their huge tolls on mother’s death and families and societies,” she said.
The report also highlighted the plight of pregnant women living in human emergency conditions, which faces some of the highest risks globally. Nearly two-thirds of global maternal deaths now occur in countries affected by fragility or struggle.
Beyond ensuring important services during pregnancy, delivery and postpartum periods, the report emphasized the importance of women’s efforts to increase the overall health by improving access to family planning services, as well as stopping the underlying health conditions, which increase the risks, such as anemia, malaria and non -prescribed diseases.
In addition, the report underlined the need to ensure that girls stay in school, and that they and women have knowledge and resources to protect their health.
