“Eritrea Reduced Maternal Death by Over 75 Percent since 1990”, WHO Commendable healthcare service continued to be delivered in Eritrea. A network of medical service infrastructure also continues to be put in place everywhere in the country. What has been achieved in Eritrea is not yet realized in different African and Asian countries despite they were independent nations almost five decades ahead. This makes Eritrea an exemplary country which a number of countries should take a lesson from. What Eritrea envisages for is not yet achieved. But, if it continues the way it starts, it would surpass not only the sub-Saharan Africa but also a number of wealthy nations in different continents. Eritrea has been tackling any issue that could negatively affect child and maternal health. Prenatal and postnatal medical checkups have been among the major contributors to the decline of maternal death. WHO’s report further highlighted that Rwanda, Equatorial Guinea and Eritrea are among the countries that have reduced maternal deaths by over 75 percent since 1990, thus reaching the Millennium Development Goal target ahead of the 2015 deadline. Most countries however are unlikely to meet that target by next year. Thus, WHO’s report shows that African countries share a 60% of the overall maternal death globally and also cited countries like Nigeria, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia and Kenya to be among the African countries that are lagging behind. What is really surprising in the report is that, a number of wealthy countries have seen an increase in maternal mortality rates, with the rate in the United States for instance jumping 136 percent to 28 deaths for 100,000 live births last year, while in Canada, the number of deaths also shot up 81 percent to 11 deaths for 100,000 live births in 2013. It is in such global picture where wealthy nations have seen an increase in their material death rate at that Eritrea continues to register commendable achievement in healthcare service in general and in the reduction of maternal and child death in particular.
Posted on: Tue, 03 Jun 2014 19:45:32 +0000
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