Over 500,000 women die each year from preventable causes related to pregnancy, WHO
Approximately 530,000 women worldwide die each year from preventable pregnancy and birth causes, according to A. .. Report of the World Health Organization issued Thursday by the World Health Day News reported AFP / Yahoo. The report, Health Report 2005: every mother and child convicted, maternal mortality and denounces the fact that seven million children die each year around the world within four weeks after birth, especially preventable. According to the report contributes to lack of medical care in developing countries, the deaths of women of childbearing age and children.Less than two thirds of women in developing countries - and less than a third of women in the poorest countries in the world - to give birth with skilled assistance, the report said (AFP / Yahoo News, 4 /
6!). Worldwide, every minute a woman dies in pregnancy or childbirth, 20 children under five die every minute, for a total of 11 million deaths annually, the report said. The leading causes of death among children under five are pneumonia, diarrhea, malaria, measles, HIV / AIDS and neonatal conditions, the report said (BBC News, 04/07).Within the Millennium Development Goals of the United Nations, countries have committed to reduce maternal mortality by 75% and child mortality by 67% by 2015, reports Xinhuanet. But the WHO shows that do not mean the current trends, some areas, the goals for 150 years to reach report, Denis Aitken top WHO official, adding: We must not allow (AGI, 7.4), it has happened.Details of the report The report also found: the 211 million pregnancies
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