The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has voiced concern over the rise in maternal mortality during childbirth in Afghanistan, noting that Afghanistan has the highest maternal mortality rate in the Asia-Pacific region.
According to the UNFPA report released on Wednesday, August 17, without immediate and long-term efforts for maternal health, there will be 51,000 more maternal deaths by 2025.
Afghanistan has the highest rate of maternal deaths in the region of Asia-Pacific at “638 deaths/100,000 live births.”
Health specialists warned that abrupt cutbacks in foreign aid, a lack of medical staff, mobility constraints, and escalating poverty put Afghanistan at considerable risk of returning to its high maternal death rates.
