SATURDAY, JULY 1, 1989
HIGH MATERNAL DEATH RATE NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED
HALF A MILLION WOMEN ARE AS THE RESULT OF PREGNANCY MATERNAL DEATH RATE NEEDS TO BE
(SATURDAY).
SHE NOTED THAT THE
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DYING EVERY YEAR THROUGHOUT THE WORLD AND CHILDBIRTH, AND THIS SHOCKING ADDRESSED, LADY WILSON SAID TODAY
RISK OF MATERNAL
DEATH
WAS
ASSOCIATED WITH MATERNAL AGE, BIRTH DISORDERS, ILLEGAL ABORTION,
AND LACK OF TRAINED HEALTH PERSONNEL TO PROVIDE MATERNITY CARE AND FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES.
COUNTRY HAS
A
"A PREGNANT WOMAN IN A DEVELOPING
CHANCE OF DYING 200 TIMES HIGHER THAN ONE IN A DEVELOPED COUNTRY, LADY WILSON SAID, WHEN ADDRESSING THE OPENING OF THE SECOND WESTERN PACIFIC CONFERENCE OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONFEDERATION OF MIDWIVES.
OUT THAT 60 PER CENT OF THESE DEATHS WERE ESTIMATED TO OCCUR IN SOUTH ASIA AND EAST ASIA.
SHE POINTED
THE
ACCORDING то THE WORLD BANK. SOUTH ASIA COMPRISES COUNTRIES SURROUNDING THE INDIAN PENINSULA, AND EAST ASIA IS THE REGION IN WHICH HONG KONG IS LOCATED.
THAT
THE SHOCKING MATERNAL DEATH RATE. LADY WILSON SAID, MEANT EVERY YEAR HALF A MILLION FAMILIES IN THE WORLD WOULD LOSE THEIR MOTHERS. THE CENTRAL FIGURE IN THE FAMILY.
IN OTHER WORDS, 1.400 FAMILIES WERE DEPRIVED OF MOTHERS EVERY DAY, WHILST BEARING AND GIVING BIRTH TO CHILDREN, SHE ADDED.
THEIR
THEIR
"THESE MIND-BOGGLING FIGURES ARE SHOCKING, AND CERTAINLY TO BE ADDRESSED," SHE SAID.
NEED
LADY WILSON SAID IT WESTERN PACIFIC REGION OF MIDWIVES WAS ADDRESSING TH19
OF
WAS TIMELY AND APPROPRIATE THAT THE THE INTERNATIONAL CONFEDERATION
IMPORTANT AND DISTRESSING ISSUE.
"MIDWIVES WHO CARE FOR, AND DELIVER THESE WOMEN, ARE TOGETHER HERE TO FIND SOLUTIONS TO THIS WORLD PROBLEM. I AM SEE THAT SOUTH ASIA AND EAST ASIA ARE BOTII REPRESENTED CONFERENCE.
GATHERED GLAD ΤΟ AT THIS
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"I AM CERTAIN THAT YOU WILL COME UP WITH SOME ANSWERS ΤΟ DECREASE THESE HORRIFIC FIGURES FOR MATERNAL DEATHS IN THIS REGION. SHE SAID.
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