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1 500 Women Die Giving Birth - ZIMSTAT

2 years agoThu, 22 Sep 2022 04:51:20 GMT
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1 500 Women Die Giving Birth - ZIMSTAT

More than 1 500 women died while giving birth in Zimbabwe in the last 12 months, according to the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZIMSTAT).

The data is based on survey results collected during the 2022 population and housing census.

Presenting the report on mortality and orphanhood in Harare on Tuesday, ZIMSTAT director-general Taguma Mahonde said:

A total of 1 589 maternal deaths were reported against 437 478 live births giving a national maternal mortality ratio (MMR) — the number of maternal deaths per live birth, multiplied by a conventional factor of 100 000 — of 363 deaths per 100 000.

Most worrying is that if you try to understand what the MMR figure of 363 deaths per 100 000 means, we have an average of four women who are dying every day while they are giving birth.

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From the maternal death surveillance and response programmes, we know that the main causes being given are eclampsia (high blood pressure during pregnancy) which is largely preventable.

Furthermore, MMR was higher in rural areas (402 deaths per 100 000 live births) than in urban areas (298 per 100 000 live births).

United Nations Population Fund programmes specialist Piason Mlambo said the statistics showed that Zimbabwe recorded an average of four daily deaths during labour. Said Mlambo:

Most worrying is that if you try to understand what the MMR figure of 363 deaths per 100 000 means, we have an average of four women who are dying every day while they are giving birth.

From the maternal death surveillance and response programmes we know that the main causes being given are eclampsia (high blood pressure during pregnancy) which is largely preventable.

Furthermore, MMR was higher in rural areas (402 deaths per 100 000 live births) than in urban areas (298 per 100 000 live births).

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has defined maternal mortality as the death of a woman while pregnant or within 42 days of termination of pregnancy. | NewsDay

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5 Comments

Tkt says · 2 years ago
Were they all below 18 or 19? Were they all from Johanne Marange Apostolic Church? Did they die at our shrines? If the answers to the above questions are NO then, the death of the late Machaya was just among one of those which is nothing but just an unfortunate incident like many likewise in the hospitals!
pk · 2 years ago
ndopatinofanira kuona kushanda kwemapoka anomiririra madzimai nekodzero dzacho.
Citizen raPep naChamisa · 2 years ago
And Covid 19 killed 1053 people in 24 months 🙄🙄 Bottom line is our Jenerari took Covid more serious with Political Lockdowns apa vanhu vachifa more mumahospital
Gwedu · 2 years ago
We need to change minister of health but before we must capacitate health officials
Zuze · 2 years ago
Thank you @Gwedu, but as you know the fish rots from the head. What we need is change right at the top of the pyramid. Register to vote. Vote wisely in 2023
🌚🌚🌚🌚🇱🇷🇺🇦 · 2 years ago
Major public hospitals are death traps because personel is demoralised.

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