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18984
Thu, 09/11/2008 - 20:50
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MATERNAL MORTALITY RATE IN SOUTHEAST ASIA DISCUSSED IN NEW DELHI MEETING
Jakarta, Sept 11 (ANTARA) - Experts from the World Health Organization (WHO) and health ministers from Southeast Asian countries who gathered in New Delhi, India, from September 8 to 11 specifically discussed the high maternal mortality rate in the region.
The maternal mortality rate in Southeast Asian countries accounted for about one-third of the world's infant and maternal mortality rate, according to a press release from WHO in Jakarta made available to ANTARA here on Thursday.
WHO estimates that around 37 million births occurred in the region per annum while the annual mortality rates among mothers and new-born babies were 170,000 and 1.3 million respectively.
As much as 98 percent of the deaths happened in countries like India, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Nepal and Myanmar.
Related to the matter, almost every WHO member country had tried to decrease their maternal and infant mortality rates by providing better services to women in labor, including the employment of medically-skilled helpers.
Even so, all countries were still struggling to meet the target of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) which is to reduce the maternal and infant mortality rates by 50 percent in the 1990- 2015 period.
Another key topic at the meeting was related to efforts to tackle viral infection epidemics and HIV/ADIS, the last mentioned disease being responsible for numerous deaths in the Southeast Asian region.
With around 3.6 million people suffering from HIV/AIDS and 260,000 new cases per year, the Southeast Asian region had the second highest number of infections in the world. ***4***
The maternal mortality rate in Southeast Asian countries accounted for about one-third of the world's infant and maternal mortality rate, according to a press release from WHO in Jakarta made available to ANTARA here on Thursday.
WHO estimates that around 37 million births occurred in the region per annum while the annual mortality rates among mothers and new-born babies were 170,000 and 1.3 million respectively.
As much as 98 percent of the deaths happened in countries like India, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Nepal and Myanmar.
Related to the matter, almost every WHO member country had tried to decrease their maternal and infant mortality rates by providing better services to women in labor, including the employment of medically-skilled helpers.
Even so, all countries were still struggling to meet the target of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) which is to reduce the maternal and infant mortality rates by 50 percent in the 1990- 2015 period.
Another key topic at the meeting was related to efforts to tackle viral infection epidemics and HIV/ADIS, the last mentioned disease being responsible for numerous deaths in the Southeast Asian region.
With around 3.6 million people suffering from HIV/AIDS and 260,000 new cases per year, the Southeast Asian region had the second highest number of infections in the world. ***4***
