The report, Advancement mother and new baby health and survival and reduce fertility, evaluate the new data, which includes such risk factors and causes, and track the provision of essential health services.
Overall, the report shows that progress in improving survival has stopped since 2015; with about 290,000 maternal deaths each year, the remaining 1.9 million – babies who die after 28 weeks of pregnancy – and 2.3 million newborn deaths, during the first month of life.
The report shows that Over 4.5 million women and infants died every year during pregnancy, childbirth or the first weeks after birth, equivalent to one death occurring every seven seconds, mostly from prevention or treatment reasons if there is good treatment. The new ones The announcement was made at a major international conference in Cape Town, South Africa.
Health systems under stress
The COVID-19 pandemic, rising poverty, and worsening humanitarian crises have increased the pressures on expanded health systems. One in 10 countries (of over 100 surveyed) reported having enough money to implement their current plans.
According to a new WHO study on the effects of the pandemic on essential health services, around 25 percent of countries still report ongoing disruptions to essential pregnancy and postpartum care and services for sick children.
“Pregnant women and new babies continue to die at unacceptably high rates worldwide, and the COVID-19 pandemic has created further setbacks in providing them with the health care they need,” Dr. Anshu Banerjee, Director of Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health at the World Health Organization (WHO ).
“If we want to see different results, we have to do something different. More investments and efficiency in primary health care are now needed for all women and children — wherever they live — have the best chance of health and survival.“
Fight for life
Funding losses and lack of investment in primary health can undermine survival prospects. For example, while obesity is the leading cause of all under-five deaths worldwide, less than a third of countries report having to infant care units to take care of small and sick children.
In the worst-affected countries in West Africa and Central and South Asia, regions with a high burden of infant and maternal mortality, less than 60 percent of women receive even four, of the WHO recommended eight, antenatal checks.
“The death of a woman or young woman during pregnancy or childbirth is a the severity of their human system“Dr. Julitta Onabanjo, Director of the Technical Department at the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).
“It also shows the urgent need to scale-up access to quality sexual and reproductive health services as part of the global health community and primary health care, especially in areas where maternal mortality rates have stagnated or even risen during recent years.
We must accept it humanistic and moral transformative approach to combat maternal and newborn mortality, and it is important to eliminate the underlying factors that cause poor maternal health outcomes. socioeconomic inequality, discrimination, poverty, and injustice“.
Life saving treatment
To increase survival rates, women and infants must have quality, affordable healthcare before, during and after birth, the agencies say, and access to family planning services.
More skilled and motivated health workers, especially midwives, are needed, along with medicines and essential supplies, safe water, and reliable electricity. The report emphasized that appropriate interventions It also targets the poorest women and those in vulnerable situations who are most likely to miss out on life-saving treatmentincluding through better planning and investments.
Improving maternal and newborn health further requires addressing harmful gender norms, inequities, and inequalities. Recent data shows that only about 60 percent of women aged 15-49 make their own decisions about sexual and reproductive health and rights.
Based on current trends, more than 60 countries are not yet set to meet the goals of reducing maternal, newborn, and stillbirths in the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals by 2030.
