Mozambique is the 10th country in the world with the greatest decline in maternal mortality – WHO

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Mozambique is the 10th country in the world with the greatest decline in maternal mortality – WHO

7:31 CAT | 23 Feb 2023

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Mozambique has placed 10th among countries with the greatest reduction in the maternal mortality rate in the 2000-2020 period, according to a report released by the World Health Organization (WHO) in Geneva on Tuesday.

The ‘Trends in maternal mortality 2000 to 2020’ report – prepared by The United Nations Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group (MMEIG) – comprising WHO, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the World Bank Group and the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (UNDESA/Population Division) – presents internationally comparable global, regional and country-level estimates and trends for maternal mortality between 2000 and 2020.

Mozambique, with 532 deaths in 2000 and 127 in 2020, recorded a 76.1% drop in that period, followed by other Portuguese-speaking countries Angola (73.9%, from 860 to 222), Timor-Leste East (73%, 750-204), Cape Verde (64.5%, 125-42), Equatorial Guinea (50.9%, 427-212), Guinea-Bissau (46%, 1,300-725) and São Tomé and Príncipe (17.6%, 179-146).

Only Brazil among Portuguese-speaking countries recorded an increase in maternal mortality (5.4%, 68-72).

Belarus, with 24 deaths in 2000 and just one in 2020, tops the list of data from 185 countries.

Venezuela registered 92 deaths in 2000, and in 2020 259 deaths were reported, closing the list with the worst percentage change in maternal mortality with 182.8%.

The document explains that a maternal death is defined as a death due to complications related to pregnancy or childbirth, occurring when a woman is pregnant or within the first six weeks following the end of her pregnancy.

You may read, download the full” Trends in maternal mortality 2000 to 2020: estimates by WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, World Bank Group and UNDESA/Population Division”, HERE.

Source: Lusa