World Maternal Death Analysis
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This document analyzes trends in maternal death rates in Africa from 1990 to 2015, finding that rates in Sub-Saharan Africa remain very high despite advances elsewhere. It notes the distribution of deaths was still dense in Africa in 2005 and 2015. The author questions why some countries like Botswana have lower rates than others, like Zimbabwe, and discusses potential factors like lack of awareness, access to technology and medicine, and lack of information sharing between health organizations.
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Maternal and child health in Ghana: progress, challenges and prospects
Maternal and child health in Ghana: progress, challenges and prospects
A Review on Global situation of Maternal Health.pptx
A Review on Global situation of Maternal Health.pptx
World Maternal Death Analysis
- 1. World Maternal Death Analysis I am a mother so it came naturally to want to know more about this.
- 2. This was the distribution of maternal death in 1990
- 3. …1995
- 4. …2000
- 5. …2005…and do you notice Africa’s distribution is still as dense, even with all the advancement in education, technology etcetera?
- 6. In 2015 the struggle continues, with some sub- Saharan countries being worse off than 25 years back
- 7. Some Sub-Saharan African countries
- 8. What is Botswana doing that the rest of Sub-Saharan Africa is not doing?… Why even after 25 years is Zimbabwe’s maternal death rates 41% more. What happened to technological advancement and new discoveries in medicine. Is it a lack of patient awareness? Could it be helpful to share information as the Health fraternity in different countries. Analysis maps made with Microsoft Power BI Author: Shungu Dhlamini Data Source: https://data.unicef.org/topic/maternal- health/maternal-mortality/