According to the United Nations and World Health Organization (WHO), Islamabad/United Nations: In Pakistan, every day in Pakistan, in Pakistan, about 675 infants and 27 mothers, due to the complexities to stop, over 246,000 newborns and about 11,000 maternal deaths died,
On World Health Day 2025, these agencies urged the government and international partners to invest immediately in maternal and neonatal health, warning that the inaction endangers the future of the country.
The WHO reported that Pakistan also faces more than 190,000 Silling annually, mainly due to complications such as postpartum bleeding, high blood pressure disorders, infections and complications from unsecured abortion.
According to a recent United Nations report, these crisis figures Nigeria, Dr. In the top four countries along with the Congo and India – Nigeria, Dr. Along with the Congo and India, estimated 260,000 contribute to 47% of global maternal death.
Representative in Pakistan, Dr. Dapeng Luo said, “Every country needs healthy mothers and healthy newborns.
“A single maternal or newborn death is a much more, and the cost of inactivity is much higher than the cost of action.”
The theme for this year’s World Health Day, “Healthy start, hopeful futures,” underlines the significant importance of maternal and newborn health as a foundation for national development.
The WHO estimates that every $ 1 $ 9 to $ 20 invested in maternal and neonatal health makes it one of the most influential public health investments.
Despite some progress, Pakistan is still away from achieving the global Sustainable Development Goal (SDG), which to reduce maternal mortality to reduce 70 deaths on 100,000 living births and newborn mortality by 2030 up to 12 per 1,000 living births.
Pakistan’s maternal mortality ratio (MMR) has come down from 276 to 155 in 2006 to 155 in 2024, and the newborn mortality has declined by 52 to 37.6 per 1,000 living births in the same period.
Stillbarth has also come down from 39.8 per 1,000 births in 2000 to 27.5 in 2024. However, experts have warned that progress has been uneven and delicate, especially in rural and struggle-affected areas.
Who notes that about 80% of Pakistan’s population (190 million people) now live in areas where the newborn is under control, which is defined as less than one case per 1,000 living births.
The disease has been terminated in Punjab (2016), Sindh (December 2024), the capital region of Islamabad and the Pakistan-Administrated Kashmir (March 2025).
Nevertheless, significant gaps remain. Anemia affects 41.7% of 41.7% of Pakistani women between the ages of 15 to 49, and many people have a shortage of professional care, skilled birth attendants, emergency maternity care and postpartum support.
The Covid-19 epidemic further interrupted maternal health services, especially reducing access to institutional delivery and life care in remote areas.
The United Nations report emphasizes that many maternal and newborn deaths can be prevented through midwife, family planning, nutrition, mental health and investment in women’s education and empowerment. It also recommends restoring international funding for reconstruction of essential services and expanding the domestic health budget.
The report warns, “A 15 -year -old girl in Pakistan has a lifetime risk of 1 out of 80 to die in 80, while in high -income countries, compared to 1 out of 5,600,” the report has been warned.
Globally, maternal death has declined by 40% since 2000, but the current speed is too slow to meet the 2030 goals. To return to the track, the global maternal mortality rate ratio must decline rapidly at an annual rate of 15%than the current speed.
Who confirmed his commitment to support Pakistan in giving “health for all, leaving someone behind” and emphasized that ensuring the existence of mothers and newborns is not only a public health priority, but also the cornerstone of economic and social development.
Pakistan has been ranked in four countries – along with Nigeria, India and Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) – which is responsible for about half of the estimated 260,000 maternal deaths worldwide in 2023, according to United Nations data, according to United Nations data, according to United Nations data, the United States and United Kingdom were warned about the effect Is.
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.
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 solutions and treat complications that cause the vast majority of maternal death,” a statement said 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 give every mother and child 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 risks, such as anemia, malaria and non-conducting diseases.
Furthermore, the report underlined the need to ensure that girls stay in school and they and women have knowledge and resources to protect their health.
