Årsagerne er mange, en af dem er, at kun ti procent af vordende mødre får kvalificeret og uddannet hjælp ved nedkomsten – og det er endda næsten en fordobling fra 2005 til 2011.
ADDIS ABABA, 31. January, 2013 (IRIN): Ethiopia has made progress in lowering maternal mortality rates, but a weak health system means many women are still succumbing to preventable complications before, during and after childbirth.
Each year, an estimated 25.000 women die of complications during childbirth, and another 500.000 suffer long-term disabilities from pregnancy and childbirth complications, according to the UN Population Fund (UNFPA).
“There have been interventions, but the impact these have made has not been as significant. The health system is still very weak,” Luwei Pearson, chief of the health section at the UN Children Fund (UNICEF) in Ethiopia, told IRIN, adding:.
“There must be efforts to ensure that health facilities are not just available but that they are also functional by, for instance, fitting them with electricity and piped water.”
According to a 2010 report, Ethiopia is one of five countries that together account for 50 percent of the world’s maternal deaths.
In 2011, the country recorded 676 maternal deaths for every 100.000 live births, up from 673 in 2005. Ethiopia intends to bring this down to 267 by 2015.
The number of expectant mothers who delivered with the help of a skilled provider (f.eks. en jordemoder) rose from 6 percent in 2005 to 10 percent in 2011, according to the 2011 Ethiopia Demographic and Health Survey (EDHS).
Curbing maternal death
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