Africa off track on maternal mortality targets, UN warns on world health day 2025
Across the African region, an estimated 178,000 women die each year due to complications in pregnancy or childbirth.
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Across the African region, an estimated 178,000 women die each year due to complications in pregnancy or childbirth.
READ MORE : http://www.africanews.com/2025/04/07/africa-off-track-on-maternal-mortality-targets-un-warns-on-world-health-day-2025
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00:00Africa has made remarkable gains in maternal health, making pregnancy and childbirth safer
00:07than it's ever been.
00:09Even then, sub-Saharan Africa accounted for 70 percent of the global burden of maternal
00:14deaths in 2023.
00:15A report by the WHO warns that the gains could be lost as unprecedented aid cuts take effect
00:23around the world.
00:24The key findings of the report, first of all, the good news.
00:28Maternal mortality has declined 40 percent since the year 2000.
00:33This is due to improvements in skilled birth attendants and increases in universal health
00:37coverage, which means that more women are accessing good quality, timely services when
00:42they need them.
00:43The report mentions Chad, the Central African Republic, Nigeria and Somalia as being some
00:49of the riskiest for pregnant women due to conflict or fragility.
00:53There is a widening gap between countries which are experiencing long-term threats to
01:00the effect of their health systems, particularly those countries which are affected by conflict
01:04or institutional fragility.
01:07And the report shows that three out of five maternal deaths are taking place in countries
01:11affected either by conflict or by long-term fragility.
01:15The report comes as humanitarian funding cuts are having severe impacts on essential health
01:20care in many parts of the world, forcing countries to roll back vital services for
01:25maternal, newborn and child health.