Most parts of world saw maternal mortality rates spike in 2020
Reuters Maternal mortality rates climbed or stagnated in nearly all regions across the world in 2020, according to a report released by UN agencies on Wednesday, marking a major setback in global efforts to combat complications during childbirth or pregnancy. The report, which tracks maternal mortality nationally, regionally and globally from 2000 to 2020, showed […]
Call for more midwives as millions die in childbirth
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation Midwives are routinely “overlooked and ignored” despite saving millions of lives a year, the United Nations said on Wednesday, urging the world to hire more women and safeguard new life. In a joint report compiled with medics, the UN said urgent investment was needed to plug a global shortfall of some […]