INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
A female passes away every 2 minutes due to pregnancy or giving birth issues, regardless of maternal mortality rates visiting a 3rd in 20
years, the United Nations said Thursday.Rates fell considerably in between 2000 and 2015 but mostly stagnated between 2016 and 2020 —--
and in some areas have even reversed, the UN said.The general maternal mortality rate visited 34.3 percent over a 20-year period —-- from
339 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births in 2000 to 223 maternal deaths in 2020, according to a report by the World Health Organization
and other UN agencies.Nonetheless, that indicates almost 800 ladies died per day in 2020 —-- or around one every 2 minutes.Belarus
recorded the greatest decline —-- down 95.5 percent —-- while Venezuela saw the highest increase
Between 2000 and 2015, the biggest rise was in the United States.&& While pregnancy must be a time of immense hope and a positive
experience for all women, it is tragically still a shockingly hazardous experience for millions worldwide,& & stated WHO chief Tedros
Adhanom Ghebreyesus.&& These brand-new data expose the urgent need to guarantee every female and lady has access to crucial health services
& hellip; which they can fully exercise their reproductive rights.&& The report found that between 2016 and 2020, maternal death rates
dropped in just 2 of the eight UN regions: in Australia and New Zealand by 35 percent, and in Central and Southern Asia by 16 percent.The
rate increased in Europe and Northern America by 17 percent, and in Latin America and the Caribbean by 15 percent
Elsewhere, it stagnated.The two European countries witnessing && considerable increases& & are Greece and Cyprus, the report&& s author
Jenny Cresswell told journalists.Maternal deaths stay mainly concentrated in the world & s poorest areas and in conflict-affected
countries.Around 70 percent of those deaths recorded in 2020 remained in sub-Saharan Africa, where the rate is & 136 times bigger & than
in Australia &and New Zealand, Cresswell said.In Afghanistan, the Central African Republic, Chad, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Somalia,
South Sudan, Sudan, Syria and Yemen —-- all dealing with serious humanitarian crises —-- rates were more than twice the global
average.Severe bleeding, infections, issues from risky abortions and underlying conditions such as HIV/AIDS are among the leading causes of
death, the report said —-- which are all largely preventable and treatable.The WHO said it was && important & that women had control
over their reproductive health —-- especially about if and when to have kids, so that they can prepare and area childbearing to safeguard
their health.Natalia Kanem, head of the UN Population Fund, stated the rate of women && needlessly & passing away was & unconscionable
& & We can and should do much better by urgently buying household preparation and filling the global scarcity of 900,000 midwives,& & she
said.While the report covers data up to 2020, the WHO&& s Anshu Banerjee informed reporters that the statistics ever since look bleak, due
to the Covid-19 pandemic and the economic crisis.The post Every two minutes one woman passes away during pregnancy, childbirth: UN initially
