The WHO, UNICEF, UNDPA and the World Bank released figures today that shows MDG 5 is not on track. An annual decline of 5.5 per cent is required in maternal mortality ratios between 1990 and 2015 to ensure that maternal mortality decreases by 75 per cent. Sub-Saharan Africa showed a 0.1 per cent decline in maternal mortality, while Eastern Asia came closest to the 5.5 per cent target with an annual decrease of 4.2 per cent.
Saving Lives
Up to half a million women and three million newborn babies die each year in pregnancy and childbirth or soon afterwards, the majority of them in Africa and South Asia. For every woman who dies at least twenty more suffer complications which leave them with lifelong disability and pain.
Our unique programmes are saving the lives of mothers and babies every day. We need you to help us to equip women with their most vital survival tool: knowledge.
