Mother or baby die in childbirth every 11 seconds, says UN

Maternal deaths nearly 50 times higher for women in sub-Saharan Africa, data shows. FMTNews

Sub-Saharan African babies 10 times more likely to die in first month of life.

But the latest data also showed that 6.2 million children worldwide died in 2018 before their 15th birthday, and more than 290,000 women died due to complications during pregnancy and childbirth in 2017. She urged governments and health leaders to invest in health services to “do all it takes … to save these precious lives”.

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