Maternal And Infant Mortality Rates RISE In Namibia
We’ve talked about the hundreds of thousands of women who die of childbirth related causes every year more times than I care to think about on this blog. As this report makes clear, this is an ongoing problem and one that in some countries is getting worse, not better.
The maternal mortality rate in Namibia:
“increased from 227 per 100000 live births in 2000 to 449 in 2006. Child mortality rate increased from 62 per 1000 live births to 69 per 1000 live births while the infant mortality rate also went up from 38 per 1000 live births to 46 per 1000 live births.
Health and Social Services Minister, Dr Richard Kamwi, yesterday said HIV/Aids was at the core of these shocking statistics.
However, HIV/Aids is not the only cause of the deaths because many children die of preventable diseases such as pneumonia, malaria, malnutrition and diarrhoea.”
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