How many women die each year giving birth in Uganda?
- On average nearly 20 women die every day from pregnancy complications. That’s 6,000+ women a year. (see)
- According to UNICEF, 373 women of every 100,000 die from pregnancy or birth complications. That is 20 times the rate in the United States. Side note, the US maternal mortality rate is staggering compared to other developed nations. In a woman’s lifetime, 1 in every 47 will die from a pregnancy/birth complication. And these statistics are estimated to be very low because so many births and deaths do not go reported in Uganda.
- 30,000+ babies die each year in Uganda within the first month of life. 14% of babies born in Uganda are pre-term.
How many women have a skilled professional (nurse, trained midwife, doctor) assisting with their birth?
- Only 41% of women give birth with any medical help.
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| Newborn delivered with a kit donated to the crisis pregnancy center |
Read here about two women that died recently from birth complications. Sylvia’s husband says they could not afford the mama kit the hospital requested, which led to his wife’s death.