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  Elwira Nowakowska

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  The Pregnancy and childbirth

  More than half a million women die each year from complications related to pregnancy and childbirth – one every minute. Most of these deaths could have been prevented. The complications are largely unpredictable, but they can be treated.
  
  The vast majority of women who die are poor and come from developing countries. In some western European countries, one woman in 25,000 dies during pregnancy or childbirth. But in sub-Saharan Africa, the lifetime risk of maternal mortality is 1 in 26, and as high as 1 in 7 in some countries. In rich countries, a disproportionate number of the women who die come from marginalized and poor communities.
  
  The UN Millennium Development Goals are internationally agreed targets to reduce poverty. Millennium Development Goal 5 seeks to cut maternal mortality by 75 per cent from 1990 levels by 2015. However, very few countries are on track to reach this target. In sub-Saharan Africa, where the problem is most acute, progress has been negligible.
  
  The African Union (AU) has implemented several policies, initiatives and plans of action in which AU member States made commitments to tackle maternal mortality and morbidity in Africa. These commitments have the potential of making real the rights of women and girls enshrined in international and regional instruments, including in the Protocol on the Rights of Women in Africa.
  
  However, there are gaps which continue to exist in the realisation of these commitments. The African Union has decided to focus on maternal health in Africa during the upcoming Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union Heads of State and Government (AU Assembly), to be held in Kampala from 25 to 27 July 2010.
  
  The Petition on the Top of the African Union's Agenda:
  http://apps.facebook.com/causes/petitions/478?page=14
  
  Also You can read more about this topic:
  http://demanddignity.amnesty.org/en-gb/campaign/maternal-mor...
  
  • 21 Jun 2010, 11:18 am
  Elwira Nowakowska wrote: > More than half a million women die each year from complications > related to pregnancy and childbirth – one every minute. Most of these > deaths could have been prevented. The complications are largely > unpredictable, but they can be treated. > > The vast majority of women who die are poor and come from developing > countries. In some western European countries, one woman in 25,000 > dies during pregnancy or childbirth. But in sub-Saharan Africa, the > lifetime risk of maternal mortality is 1 in 26, and as high as 1 in 7 > in some countries. In rich countries, a disproportionate number of > the women who die come from marginalized and poor communities. > > The UN Millennium Development Goals are internationally agreed > targets to reduce poverty. Millennium Development Goal 5 seeks to cut > maternal mortality by 75 per cent from 1990 levels by 2015. However, > very few countries are on track to reach this target. In sub-Saharan > Africa, where the problem is most acute, progress has been negligible. > > The African Union (AU) has implemented several policies, initiatives > and plans of action in which AU member States made commitments to > tackle maternal mortality and morbidity in Africa. These commitments > have the potential of making real the rights of women and girls > enshrined in international and regional instruments, including in the > Protocol on the Rights of Women in Africa. > > However, there are gaps which continue to exist in the realisation of > these commitments. The African Union has decided to focus on maternal > health in Africa during the upcoming Ordinary Session of the Assembly > of the African Union Heads of State and Government (AU Assembly), to > be held in Kampala from 25 to 27 July 2010. > > The Petition on the Top of the African Union's Agenda: > http://apps.facebook.com/causes/petitions/478?page=14 > > Also You can read more about this topic: > http://demanddignity.amnesty.org/en-gb/campaign/maternal-mortality