Research
shows that sub-Sahara Africa has the highest percentage of maternal
deaths. UNFPA or African Union and the
Nations Population Fund say that women’s suffer from severe bleeding after
childbirth, infections, and high blood pressure. Another cause of women’s
deaths is unsafe abortions. A recent study done by “The Lancet” (medical
journal) concludes that woman in sub-Sahara Africa are nearly 100 times more
likely to die of pregnancy issues then a woman in a wealthy country. This isn’t
even the worst part of it all. According to African Union Commissioner of
Social Affairs, Dr. Mustapha Kaloko says that most if not all maternal deaths
in African could have been avoided by using practices and interventions already
in existence.
However
not all hope is lost. CARMMA or Campaign for Accelerated Reduction of Maternal
Mortality in Africa has made a pledge to improve and expand reproductive health
services in Africa. And help them achieve a higher Millennium Development Goal
their hoping to achieve this by 2015 or hopefully sooner. CARMMA primarily
plans to help and tech women what to do and how to stay healthy. But they also
believe that men should be educated in the same subject. UNFPA Executive
Director Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin “So we must talk to men because they are the
ones who are causing all these problems.” Women in Africa have a hard life and
I’m happy to see that there are good hearted people ready to help them.
Hopefully soon we will see their actions payoff.
Dalila Aguilar, 02/06/2013, 6:20 PM
Sociology 202-05, Spring 2013
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