Goal Five: Improve maternal health
Target One: Reduce by three quarters
the maternal mortality rate by 2015
Will this target be reached by 2015?
Despite improvements in several areas relating
to reproductive health, Yemen is still grappling with major health
issues. According to official statistics in 1997 the maternal
mortality rate was 351 deaths per 100,000 births, while a family
health survey indicated that the rate remained high (365) in 2003.
Although this is in part represents a poor capacity to monitor
maternal health in Yemen, it nevertheless indicates that Yemen
has a long way to go before maternal mortality rates decline to
a point envisaged by the MDGs.
Many factors contribute to the high maternal mortality rate in
Yemen including:
• Early marriage and pregnancy;
• Malnutrition;
• Poor quality health services;
• The large number of women who are anaemic during pregnancy;
and
• Poor distribution of health services.
Last Modified on 6/07/2009 11:19 am |
Did you know?
The state of children’s and women’s health
in the world today is described as “dire” by USAID, “staggering”
by the World Bank, “a human disaster” by the World Health Organisation,
and “a health emergency” by the African Union.
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