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Women Still Losing Lives Giving Life: New WHO Report Says 60% Mortality in Conflict Zones
An estimated 160,000 women died from preventable maternal causes in fragile and conflict-affected settings in 2023, representing nearly 60% of global maternal deaths, WHO said.
- Last year, the WHO and inter-agency group reported about 160,000 preventable maternal deaths in fragile and conflict-affected settings, with women facing around five times higher risk per pregnancy than in stable countries.
- Amid fragility, intersecting inequalities in gender, ethnicity, age and migration status raise risks for women and girls in fragile contexts, while crises disrupt health systems and frontline health teams, WHO says.
- Data show stark ratios as countries classified as conflict-affected had a maternal mortality ratio of 504, compared with 368 in countries considered institutionally and socially fragile, with lifetime risks of one in 51 versus one in 79 for a 15-year-old girl.
- Frontline teams are adapting services using mobile teams, renovated facilities, trained birth attendants, and free or low-cost caesareans to maintain maternal care for displaced women in Colombia, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, and Ukraine.
- Linking MMR to fragility classifications provides WHO and partners a precise tool to target primary healthcare investment, data collection in hard-to-reach settings, and resilient health system design, the brief says.
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Women still losing lives giving life: New WHO report says 60% mortality in conflict zones
Nearly two-thirds of maternal deaths happen in conflict-affected and fragile countries where health systems struggle to provide care, highlighting the urgent need to protect women and strengthen maternal health services globally, WHO says.
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The United Nations (UN) has echoed a recent technical report published by the World Health Organization (WHO) and its partners, which shows that almost two thirds of maternal deaths occur in countries marked by conflict or fragility.
Two-third Maternal Deaths Worldwide Occur In War-prone Countries – WHO
Two-third maternal deaths worldwide occur in war-prone countries – WHO By Tiamiyu Prudence Arobani Nearly two-thirds of all maternal deaths worldwide occur in countries marked by conflict or fragility, a report released on Tuesday by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and partners has shown. The brief was produced by WHO and an inter-agency group that includes the UN agencies for News Agency of Nigeria
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