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A woman dies every 2 minutes during pregnancy or childbirth: Report

Por: ABC7 Health February 23, 2023

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found that maternal mortality rates have either increased or remained the same in nearly all regions of the world in the past five years.In 2020, we estimate that 287,000 women died globally from a maternal cause, and that's equivalent to almost 800 deaths a day, or a death every 2 minutes, said Dr. Jenny Cresswell, an epidemiologist and author of the WHO report, during a press briefing on Tuesday.Experts say this trend is a stark reversal... + full article



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