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Maternal Deaths In Pakistan. Child survival and the SDGs. Pakistan has the highest mortality ratio 260 per 100000 live births in the region and is one of the developing countries which have committed to decrease maternal mortality by 2015 according to the millennium developing goals MDG 5. The overall maternal mortality ratio as However some improvements have been seen in relation measured in the most recent Pakistan Demographic and to maternal health in Pakistan as evidenced by comparison Health Survey 20062007 was 276 maternal deaths per of data from studies that have used the same instruments 100 000 births. Sepsis was the major cause of death for first 5 years accounted for 196351 of maternal death while in the last 5 years eclampsia causes 284 2784 of direct maternal deaths.
Using a critical ethnographic approach two case studies of women who died during childbirth were pieced together from information gathered during the first six months of fieldwork in a village in Northern Punjab Pakistan. Maternal deaths account for a substantial burden of mortality among Afghan refugee women of reproductive age in Pakistan. The survey was expected to result in about 14000 interviews with ever-married women age 15-49. Available data shows that the Maternal Mortality Ratios in Pakistan continue to remain high despite attention paid to maternal health. Sepsis was the major cause of death for first 5 years accounted for 196351 of maternal death while in the last 5 years eclampsia causes 284 2784 of direct maternal deaths. Twenty percent of the deaths of women of childbearing age are caused by.
Direct causes account for 781 of deaths hemorrhage being the most common followed by sepsis eclampsia rupture of the uterus and abortions.
Direct causes of death have accounted for 2820 8478 of total maternal death. Sepsis was the major cause of death for first 5 years accounted for 196351 of maternal death while in the last 5 years eclampsia causes 284 2784 of direct maternal deaths. The Newspapers Staff Reporter Published December 11 2020. IN 1990-91 MMR in Pakistan was 234 per 100000 live. Although Pakistans maternal mortality ratio fell to 260 deaths per 100 000 live births by 2010 rapid improvements in quality of service delivery will be needed for this ratio to fall closer to the MDG target of 120 WHO 2010. Available data shows that the Maternal Mortality Ratios in Pakistan continue to remain high despite attention paid to maternal health.