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- National Mortality rate comes down to 72 per 1000 lives in India 22 Nov 2009 03:35 GMT
... Bangalore Nov 22: The national mortality rate in India has ... reduction in strangted Infant Mortality Rate and Maternal Mortality Rate figures and sanitation access and usage. ...
- Turai Advocates Maternal, Child Survival 22 Nov 2009 04:35 GMT
... Abuja — The First Lady, Hajiya Turai Yar 'Adua, has ... North-east, which Taraba belongs, has the highest maternal mortality when compared with other geo -political zones ...
- Crossroads: How Can We Help the World's Poor? 22 Nov 2009 03:34 GMT
... The number of bleeding hearts has soared exponentially over the last ... that offers a for-profit model to fight maternal mortality. The founder of Acumen Fund, Jacqueline Novogratz, ...
- Report's grim statistics 21 Nov 2009 15:57 GMT
... safety campaigns. Farquhar chaired the Perinatal and Maternal Mortality Review Committee, which this week released a ... remain unexplained. The committee reviewed the 11 maternal deaths and 677 baby deaths - from 20 ...
- More women choose to give birth at home 21 Nov 2009 05:50 GMT
... ASHLAND, Ore. -- When Jennifer Margulis went into labor with ... world’s worst records for infant mortality and maternal mortality, said Cheney. The infant mortality rate is ...
- How Can We Help the World's Poor? 21 Nov 2009 09:52 GMT
... The number of bleeding hearts has soared exponentially over the last ... that offers a for-profit model to fight maternal mortality. The founder of Acumen Fund, Jacqueline Novogratz, ...
- HIV-positive women need family planning services, study shows 21 Nov 2009 19:20 GMT
... An estimated 41 percent of Ugandan women who would like ... pregnancies and would also reduce infant and maternal mortality and result in fewer orphans. The survey ...
- Poverty Blamed for Continent's Maternal Mortality 20 Nov 2009 04:36 GMT
... been blamed for the high rate of maternal mortality in Africa. Uganda's First Lady, Mrs. Janet ... for concern and called for zero-tolerance of maternal deaths. She said in sub-Saharan Africa, a woman's ... counterparts in developed countries. "The tragedy of maternal death does not just end at the loss ...
- UN State of World's Children report highlights maternal deaths 20 Nov 2009 13:41 GMT
... Children highlights how severe the problem of maternal mortality is in developing nations like India. On ... Nigeria together account for one third of maternal deaths worldwide. The latest international estimates show that ...
- Free deliveries to curb maternal mortality rate 20 Nov 2009 14:53 GMT
... Free deliveries to curb maternal mortality rate , Jakarta | Fri, 11/20/2009 8:25 PM | National To help curb the ...
- Maternal Mortality to Become a Thing of the Past - Kunbour 17 Nov 2009 13:52 GMT
... Accra — The Minister of Health Designate, Dr Benjamin Kunbour, ... has assured Ghanaians that he will let maternal mortality become a thing of the past. Dr. ...
- Maternal Mortality Rises 18 Nov 2009 04:34 GMT
... Enugu — THE National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) ... Agency (NPHCDA) has said that cases of maternal mortality remains on the increase in the country, ...
- Maternal mortality, abortion rates decline in former Soviet bloc 16 Nov 2009 09:19 GMT
... Over the last decade, the maternal mortality rate has dropped by 50 percent in some former Soviet bloc and Balkan countries, ...
- Dying mothers highlight failure towards achieving MDGs: UNICEF 20 Nov 2009 03:51 GMT
... Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the number of maternal deaths remains stubbornly high, according to a United ... 5, which aims to reduce the 1990 maternal mortality ratio by three-quarters by 2015, said the ... on these commitments. The lifetime risk of maternal death for a woman living in a least ...
- Population Council worries over maternal health 16 Nov 2009 23:30 GMT
... Karlyn said eclampsia, a major cause of maternal death in Nigeria, often leads to seizures, coma ... dissemination meeting held for the Magnesium Sulphate treatment/Maternal Mortality Reduction project held in Kano recently. He ... showed that the Magnesium Sulphate treatment reduced maternal deaths by 40 per cent. “This saves the ...
- Improve child, maternal care 16 Nov 2009 07:32 GMT
... has not succeeded on the part of maternal mortality. The Ministry of Health puts Tanzania’s maternal death rate at 578 per 100,000 births, but ... United Nations set a goal to reduce maternal deaths by 75 per cent by 2015. Going ...
- Report on maternity deaths lists 29 ways to improve 19 Nov 2009 17:43 GMT
... third annual report of the Perinatal and Maternal Mortality Review Committee is the most complete of ... in New Zealand, while there were 11 maternal deaths overall. The majority of district health boards ...
- 500,000 unwanted pregnancies registered annually - report 16 Nov 2009 11:55 GMT
... to 152,000 fewer abortions and 1,600 fewer maternal deaths,” said Dr Mugisha. He said poor women ... and those living in areas with high maternal death indices like Karamoja would benefit most from ... unmet need for modern methods were satisfied, maternal mortality would drop by 40 per cent, and ...
- Africa: Population explosion to stop Africa's attempt to attain MDGs 19 Nov 2009 09:45 GMT
... as the best documented practice to reduce maternal mortality, Haug said the service had reduced unintended ... in a 40 per cent reduction in maternal deaths. Each year, modern contraceptives prevent 2.7 million ...
- Cardiff nurse helps to save mothers' lives in Africa 18 Nov 2009 09:51 GMT
... make a difference to the country's appalling maternal mortality. In a bid to secure cheap and ... International's Secretary General Irene Khan has described maternal deaths in Sierra Leone as a “human rights ...
- The plight of mothers and babies in Sierra Leone 18 Nov 2009 11:12 GMT
... make a difference to the country's appalling maternal mortality. In a bid to secure cheap and ... International's Secretary General Irene Khan has described maternal deaths in Sierra Leone as a “human rights ...
- New Study Heralds Use of Blood Biomarkers to Predict Preeclampsia 17 Nov 2009 14:30 GMT
... death and the second leading cause of maternal death Around the world. Conservative estimates indicate that preeclampsia ... that preeclampsia is responsible for some 76,000 maternal deaths and more than 500,000 infant deaths every ...
- Maternal blood biomarkers may help predict pregnancy-induced hypertension 18 Nov 2009 07:17 GMT
... death and the second leading cause of maternal death Around the world. Conservative estimates indicate that preeclampsia ... that preeclampsia is responsible for some 76,000 maternal deaths and more than 500,000 infant deaths every ...
- Women's Rights - Looking Back Or Moving Forward? [opinion] 20 Nov 2009 05:13 GMT
... countries are experiencing a negligible improvement in maternal mortality rate. Without a major leap forward, Africa ... off-track to meet this goal.[7]Half of all maternal deaths globally (265,000) occur in sub-Saharan Africa. Haemorrhage ...
- Women's rights: Looking back or moving forward? 19 Nov 2009 16:53 GMT
... countries are experiencing a negligible improvement in maternal mortality rate. Without a major leap forward, Africa ... off-track to meet this goal.[7]Half of all maternal deaths globally (265,000) occur in sub-Saharan Africa. Haemorrhage ...
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