Definition: The maternal mortality rate (MMR) is the annual number of female deaths per 100,000 live births from any cause related to or aggravated by pregnancy or its management (excluding accidental or incidental causes). The MMR includes deaths during pregnancy, childbirth, or within 42 days of termination of pregnancy, irrespective of the duration and site of the pregnancy, for a specified year.
Source: CIA World Factbook - Unless otherwise noted, information in this page is accurate as of January 1, 2012
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Fighting Maternal Mortality in Somaliland
The Huffington Post - 5/15/2013 11:57:47 PM
I am incredibly lucky to have grown up in a country where I've been educated and understand the choices I can make for myself. Maternal mortality is a horrific reality that happens to so many women around the world. This woman never had the chance to live ...
Higher child marriage rates associated with higher maternal and infant mortality
Medical Xpress - 5/13/2013 8:54:02 PM
Countries with higher rates of child bride marriages have higher rates of maternal and infant mortality. Credit: UC San Diego School of Medicine Countries in which girls are commonly married before the age of 18 have significantly higher rates ...
NCW chief calls for efforts to reduce maternal mortality
Firstpost - 5/14/2013 8:31:23 PM
The programme will try to reach nearly five lakh pregnant women in Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Jharkhand, the states which see the highest rates of maternal mortality in the country. “The partnership will connect women in remote areas to doctors and ...
WHO statistics show narrowing health gap between countries with best and worst health status
HealthCanal - 5/15/2013 2:25:07 PM
The gap between countries with the highest and lowest rates of new HIV infections narrowed from 360 to 261 people per 100 000 population between 1990 and 2011. While new HIV infections increased six-fold for countries with the lowest rates, the group of ...
Nigeria accounts for 10% global maternal mortality rates- report
worldstagegroup.com - 5/15/2013 5:24:05 PM
She also cited the increasing domestic violence as another issue that made Nigeria one ... Only recently the Federal Government paid 261 women for accessing medical facilities during pregnancy and also allowing their children immunized against killer ...
Programme launched to reduce maternal mortality rate in India
health.india.com - 5/14/2013 1:14:44 PM
The programme will try to reach nearly five lakh pregnant women in Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Jharkhand, the states which see the highest rates of maternal mortality in the country. ‘The partnership will connect women in remote areas to doctors and ...
One Goal: Decreasing Newborn and Maternal Mortality
The Huffington Post - 5/13/2013 4:22:02 PM
decreasing the newborn and maternal mortality rate in Somaliland and the Horn of Africa. A lot of experiences have directed Edna's path -- she is the daughter of a physician, a UK-trained midwife, the first woman in her country to drive, a former first ...
Maternal And Infant Mortality Risks Linked To Earlier Marriage
The Inquisitr - 5/14/2013 5:46:44 PM
The study suggests that a 10 percent reduction in child marriage, defined as 17 or younger, could be associated with a 70 percent reduction in a country’s maternal mortality rate. The practice, though on the decline, is relatively common in ...
Nigeria Accounts for 10 Percent Global Maternal Mortality Rates
AllAfrica - 5/16/2013 10:20:33 AM
Indications emerged Wednesday that Nigeria accounts for 10 per cent of the world's maternal mortality, indicating that women were ... the Department for International Development (DFID). The rate of maternal and infant deaths coupled with the increasing ...
MSD India to invest $ 10 million to reduce maternal mortality
in.com - 5/14/2013 10:15:46 AM
New Delhi: Drug firm MSD India on Tuesday said it will invest USD 10 million over next three years in the country as part of its global initiative to help reduce maternal mortality. As part of the initiative - 'MSD for Mothers', the drug firm ...
India needs at least 1.5 lakh gynaecologists to bring down IMR/MMR rate
Times of India - 5/13/2013 1:08:45 PM
Maternal mortality rate in India is 212 per lakh and the same is 12.7 per ... an apex body having 3,000 odd hospitals in its fold across the country. He also stated that India has one paediatrician per 18,367 children as against 1 per 1,769 ...
Health gap between countries is narrowing, but challenges remain – UN report
thepresidentpost.com - 5/17/2013 4:50:05 AM
Countries that had some of the world’s highest child mortality rates in 1990 – including Bangladesh ... but WHO earned that the global decline rate in maternal deaths – currently at 3 per cent – needs to double to meet the goal of reducing maternal ...
The state of motherhood around the world
Taunton Gazette - 5/10/2013 12:12:04 AM
Improvements in the maternal mortality rates are even more impressive, with deaths declining from 543,000 to 287,000, nearly a 50 percent decrease. While nearly all of newborn deaths occur in developing countries, Carolyn Miles of Save the Children ...
USAID-DOH take on maternal mortality, urges “No mother should die to give life.”
GMA Network - 5/16/2013 11:56:36 PM
"High maternal mortality is a big challenge in the Philippines and in many countries in the developing world. I feel strongly, as I'm sure a lot of you do, that no mother should die to give life," Thomas said during the launch of a Bilateral Health ...
Ghana ranks 146th out of 176 countries - Global Mother’s Wellbeing Rankings report
ghananewsagency.org - 5/13/2013 4:47:40 AM
The report put together by the Save the Children, also captured the first ever Birth Day Risk Index, which compared first-day death rates ... countries with much lower incomes, such as Lithuania or Slovenia, owing to weaker performance on measures of ...
