Video of the week: reducing maternal deaths in developing countries

The highlighted videos of this week show some discussions from the year 2008 concerning maternal health in developing countries. The major role of the meeting was to emphasise on the importance of research in catalysing the progress of the fight against maternal deaths. Sadly, maternal mortality is still an ongoing issue in the world, especially in the developing regions. It is important to note that giant strides has been made to reduce maternal death in some countries (for example: Rwanda), however many countries (e.g. Nigeria) still struggle with getting on track with cutting the maternal mortality ratios.

Each day, more than 830 women in the world die during pregnancy or childbirth. One in 16 women in Africa and 1 in 43 women in Asia will die of maternal causes this year, compared to 1 in 2,500 in the United States.Although this is a relatively old video, but the discussions still resonates with the issues currently being faced by the developing countries , and the strategies needed. 

The event speakers: Sophie Witter, Cynthia Stanton, Dr. Julia Hussein, Wendy Graham 

Please feel free to leave your comments on the discussions.