Wieczorek Zeul: Mother number of deaths is too high
In a Milleniumserklärung the governments of the United Nations had set themselves it in the year 2000 to the goal of reducing the mother number of deaths in relation to the conditions of 1990 world-wide by two thirds. By the fulfillment of this goal one is however still far, as the current report of population of world reveals
Berlin - Minister of Development Heidemarie Wieczorek Zeul (SPD) deplores those continuously high number of deaths of becoming mothers in many parts of the world. That more than one half million women at complications die annually with pregnancy or birth, a “scandal” is, said the minister on Wednesday with the conception of the UNFPA Weltbevölkerungsberichts of the United Nations in Berlin. Were allotted to 99 per cent of these deaths to the developing countries. The risk of a woman not to survive the birth is higher regardless of international agreements like the Millenniumsziele also today still in Africa 300 times than in Europe.
Mother number of deaths sank around less than a per cent
According to the report the mother number of deaths in the period of 1990 to 2005 sank around less than a per cent annually. However 5.5 per cent per year would be necessary, in order to reach the Millenniumsziel to lower this number until 2015 around 75 per cent.
The representative of the UN-Bevölkerungsfonds UNFPA, Bettina Maas, said, the number of the women, who annually carried injuries or other damages off” with the birth “, lies with 10 to 15 million even still more highly. The lowering of the mother number of deaths and the avoidance of injuries depended crucially on a better health supply. In addition counted an emergency birth assistance just like the entrance to family planning services. The presence of a trained birth aide reduces the risk of complications clearly, said Maas.
200 million women would prevent, if they could
The manager of the German foundation world population, Renate Bähr, referred besides to collections, according to which with appropriate offers world-wide 200 million women would prevent. She criticized that family planning and sexual clearing-up would not find in many places yet the necessary attention.
The UNPFA co-operates according to own data with government and non-governmental organizations in 154 countries and made last means available at a value of more than 245 million US Dollar in the year.
