Why Birthing Hope – click here… why-birthing-hope.
Every minute in the world . . .
- 380 women become pregnant
- 110 women experience a pregnancy-related complication
- 1 woman dies from a pregnancy-related cause
The risk of a woman dying as a result of pregnancy or childbirth is about 1 in 7 in Niger and about 1 in 48,000 in Ireland.
In the developing world, the leading cause of death for girls 15 – 19 is pregnancy.
Statistics can be found on the UNFPA website.
What are the UN Millennium Development Goals?
The eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) – which range from halving extreme poverty to halting the spread of HIV/AIDS and providing universal primary education, all by the target date of 2015 – form a blueprint agreed to by all the world’s countries and all the world’s leading development institutions. They have galvanized unprecedented efforts to meet the needs of the world’s poorest.
Goal Five – Improve Maternal Health
http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/#
