Maternal mortality rate has risen in Darfur
The maternal death rates in Darfur rose in 2013 from 633 to 727 cases per 100,000 pregnancies, a report issued by the Sudanese Ministry of Health on Tuesday indicated. Infant and neonatal mortality figures show an escalation by 94 percent. Child mortality increased last year to 75.3 deaths per 100,000 children. The government’s report noted that the poverty rate in Darfur has jumped to 62.5 percent, while the overall poverty rate in Sudan stands at 46.5 percent. File photo: Nutrition programme run by the World Food Programme in Tawila camp, North Darfur (Albert González Farran/Unamid)Related:’Malnutrition spreading in Darfur’: UN (20 March 2014)Malnutrition reaches 40% among Darfur children: Unicef (5 February 2014)WHO: Child mortality from malnutrition reaches 40% in Sudan (23 September 2013)
The maternal death rates in Darfur rose in 2013 from 633 to 727 cases per 100,000 pregnancies, a report issued by the Sudanese Ministry of Health on Tuesday indicated.
Infant and neonatal mortality figures show an escalation by 94 percent. Child mortality increased last year to 75.3 deaths per 100,000 children.
The government’s report noted that the poverty rate in Darfur has jumped to 62.5 percent, while the overall poverty rate in Sudan stands at 46.5 percent.
File photo: Nutrition programme run by the World Food Programme in Tawila camp, North Darfur (Albert González Farran/Unamid)
Related:
‘Malnutrition spreading in Darfur’: UN (20 March 2014)
Malnutrition reaches 40% among Darfur children: Unicef (5 February 2014)
WHO: Child mortality from malnutrition reaches 40% in Sudan (23 September 2013)
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