Sub-Saharan Africa
What is the Cause of the High Maternal Mortality Rate in Sub-Saharan Africa?
The causes could total 50 or they could be only one, what are the primary causes of the high maternal mortality rate in sub-Saharan Africa? There are 4 major reasons why this impoverished region of the world grapples with such a challenge. First and foremost is the magnitude of poverty in the region. Secondly, the lack of maternal services available to the population both pre and post delivery. Thirdly, the lack education and use of the reproductive health resources. Lastly, the wide spread misconception of religion, prohibiting or forbidding the use of contraception. These are the issues the vast populations of women face in Sub-Saharan Africa on …show more content…
“In 2008, 47 percent of the population of sub-Saharan Africa lived on $1.25 a day or less” (MGD Group). Most families still have over 3 children per family on average. How can a family of five survive on $1.25 a day? Government officials impact poverty as well with poor leadership, overtaxing the farming industry and hording food supplies while trading or selling to purchase weapons. “Uganda and Nigeria are listed as two of the poorest countries in the world. In 2006 and the number of unemployed had risen by 35.3% in the previous ten years. But in reality because of the size of the agricultural and informal economies, significant numbers of un- and under-employed people are never counted. Furthermore, the working poor make up a significant portion of the population” (MGD …show more content…
This translates to more than 140 million women (married or in a union of some sort) that would like to employ the use of family planning but do not. “Many of the clinics in Sub-Saharan Africa offer long-term methods of contraception (intrauterine devices, implants and sterilization), usually used to limit child bearing altogether. Also offered widely are short-term methods (pills, condoms, spermicides, injectables, other modern methods and all traditional methods), better suited for women who want to delay but not forfeit having a child” (
The causes could total 50 or they could be only one, what are the primary causes of the high maternal mortality rate in sub-Saharan Africa? There are 4 major reasons why this impoverished region of the world grapples with such a challenge. First and foremost is the magnitude of poverty in the region. Secondly, the lack of maternal services available to the population both pre and post delivery. Thirdly, the lack education and use of the reproductive health resources. Lastly, the wide spread misconception of religion, prohibiting or forbidding the use of contraception. These are the issues the vast populations of women face in Sub-Saharan Africa on …show more content…
“In 2008, 47 percent of the population of sub-Saharan Africa lived on $1.25 a day or less” (MGD Group). Most families still have over 3 children per family on average. How can a family of five survive on $1.25 a day? Government officials impact poverty as well with poor leadership, overtaxing the farming industry and hording food supplies while trading or selling to purchase weapons. “Uganda and Nigeria are listed as two of the poorest countries in the world. In 2006 and the number of unemployed had risen by 35.3% in the previous ten years. But in reality because of the size of the agricultural and informal economies, significant numbers of un- and under-employed people are never counted. Furthermore, the working poor make up a significant portion of the population” (MGD …show more content…
This translates to more than 140 million women (married or in a union of some sort) that would like to employ the use of family planning but do not. “Many of the clinics in Sub-Saharan Africa offer long-term methods of contraception (intrauterine devices, implants and sterilization), usually used to limit child bearing altogether. Also offered widely are short-term methods (pills, condoms, spermicides, injectables, other modern methods and all traditional methods), better suited for women who want to delay but not forfeit having a child” (