Death of women during childbirth highest in India: UN
NEW DELHI, 3. December: More women die every year in India during childbirth or pregnancy than any other country in the world, a UN expert said Monday, warning that unless efforts to reduce maternal mortality are accelerated, it would not be able to meet the targets under Millennium Development Goals.
– Twenty per cent of the worlds maternal deaths occur in India; 100.000 die yearly in India during childbirth or pregnancy, more than in any other country in the world, Paul Hunt, UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to the Highest Attainable Standard of Health, said in New Delhi.
The independent expert, who reports to the UN Human Rights Council and General Assembly, is on a mission to India during which he visited Rajasthan and Maharashtra and interacted with government officials here and in the two states, focusing on the issue of maternal mortality.
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