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Maternal Health: Stepping up Efforts to Save Mothers' Lives
Every day, almost 800 women die due to pregnancy or childbirth complications. Ninety per cent of maternal deaths take place in Africa and Asia; the risk of a woman dying from maternal causes in sub-Saharan Africa is 1...
Heightened Risk, Greater Need in Times of Crisis
Female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) is a harmful traditional practice which affects the health and wellbeing of girls and women. It is estimated that about three million girls worldwide, the majority under 15-...
Ending Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting in Sudan
FGM/C comprises all surgical procedures involving partial or total removal of the external genitalia or other injuries to the female genital organs for cultural or non-medical reasons.
UNFPA in Sudan
Sudan’s health sector is severely underfunded. One quarter of the population has no access to health facilities and only 19 % of primary health care facilities provide the minimum health care package. While 66 % of the...
Maternal Mortality Analysis
In the 2008 Sudan 5th Population Census two questions were used to derive estimates of maternal deaths based on a 10 per cent sample of all enumerated households in the Short Questionnaire. The second question was not...