Eight Yemeni women die a day due to pregnancy complications

Eight Yemeni women die a day due to pregnancy complications
SANA'A, Jan. 18 (Saba)- Half million women in the world die annually
and eight women die per day in Yemen because of pregnancy and
delivery complications, says a report issued by the United Nation
Children Fund recently.

The report, which was discussed by UNICEF's Information Specialist
in Sana'a Nasim al-Rahman during a press conference held here on
Sunday, included topics related to mothers and newborns health,
comments and measures for saving their lives via providing them with
nutrition and enlightening on purity.

He pointed out reasons of increasing mortality ratio among mothers
which include early marriage, early pregnancy, international
fertility rates, infection with Aids and sex violence. He noted that
girl education is one of ideal means for reducing poverty and
contribution in creating good health environment to mothers and
newborns.

He affirmed that UNICEF's reports issued on 2004 indicated that
nearly 3,7 million newborns die during the first 28 days of life. He
also affirmed that the organization is hardly working on reducing
mortality level among mothers and newborn. The organization also
coordinates with social affairs ministry for carrying out program of
house care of the mother and the child.

He indicated that the organization has set out a project for
providing clean health services in five governorates ( Taiz, Lahj,
Ebb, Dhale'a and Hudeidah) and would last till 2011.