Sentences with phrase «where maternal mortality»

This global tragedy is also a problem here in the U.S. where maternal mortality is on the rise nationally and in my hometown of New York City.

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In developed countries (where abortion is most likely to be legal) 8.2 \ % of maternal deaths arethe result of abortion complications; in India, where abortion is legal, mortality from abortion accounts for around 16 \ % of all maternal deaths.

Our solution, at Midwife International, is to train midwives who are equipped to work in resource - constrained regions where maternal and child mortality is high and the need for professional midwives is greatest.

I live in Belgium where we have extensive medical care for mothers in comparison with other EU countries and yet in comparison with other EU countries, we have a higher rate of maternal mortality.

Using a maternal mortality of 10/100 000, that means that it is 47 times more likely, which is where I get the value of 50.

«The Netherlands, where 36 % of babies are born at home, has lower maternal and neonatal mortality rates than the US.»

For each point in the timeline where the percentage of hospital deliveries is mentioned, I looked up the corresponding maternal and neonatal mortality rates.

Countries where midwifery is the main form of obstetrics, and natural birth and homebirth are viewed as the norm, boast the lowest infant and maternal mortality rates in the world.

The best mortality rates I found were from cia.gov's World Factbook, where the US maternal mortality rate is listed as 21.0 / 100,000 live births (as of 2010), placing it below many European countries and the UK.

The US is one of only 8 countries where there has been a rise in the rate of maternal mortality in pregnancy and childbirth.

When you do the research yourself, you'll find the most scientific birth is the least technological, that midwife - assisted birth is actually associated with safer outcomes than obstetrician - assisted birth, and that countries with lower fetal and maternal mortality rates are also places where medicine is not a for - profit institution.

She wrote briefly for Open Salon, where she took issue with Amnesty International's research on maternal mortality, and had a mutual parting with the blog Science Based Medicine («mutual efforts between the editors and Dr. Tuteur to resolve our differences came to an impasse,» managing editor David Gorski wrote in the announcement).

«Maternal mortality is falling, infant mortality is dropping and life expectancy is the highest in West Africa, average 63 years where as in other countries it is 52 years.»

«Osotimehin played host to His Majesty and his team on Monday 13th June, 2016 at his United Nation Population Building office in New York where he expressly accepted the king's request of his support and that of the United Nations to put an end to maternal mortality death

As President of the Organisation of African First Ladies Against HIV & AIDS (OAFLA), and together with my colleague First Ladies, we have joined hands to strive to achieve our common vision of «making Africa a continent free from HIV and AIDS, Maternal and Child Mortality, and a place where women and girls are empowered to enjoy equal rights and opportunities.»