maternal mortality report by UNICEF

Save the Children in Uganda an international child rights Non Governmental Organization has that the greatest decline in levels of maternal mortality around Africa occurred in countries with a high political commitment towards the fight against maternal mortality.

Some of the countries that registered a remarkable improvement in reducing the rates of maternal mortality include Malawi with a 39% reduction, Mauritius and Uganda with 38% reduction and Tanzania that registered a 37% reduction.

In their publication Making a Difference, Save the Children in Uganda says all the above countries registered a remarkable improvement in reducing the levels of maternal mortality because there was seen to have been political commitment to fight maternal mortality which was supplemented with other positive factors like women empowerment, and a functioning health system with a high level of skilled attendance.

Save the Children in Uganda says it is delighted that despite that so many countries have still failed to attain remarkable improvements in reducing the rates of maternal mortality in such various countries at least it is encouraging that some countries in Africa have managed to remarkably reduce maternal mortality.

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By Tiberindwa Zakaria, Ultimate Media