Highest maternal mortality rate in the world

May 16th, 2007 by Kersten Jauer, HDPT CAR

There is no country in the world where mothers are more likely to die during or immediately after their pregnancy than the Central African Republic. According to the latest national statistics, 1,355 out of 100,000 mothers die while or after giving birth. In comparision, only 7 out of 100,000 mothers die in the UK, 540 in India and 1,100 in Malawi. The photos below show mothers and their children in the remote Vakaga region of the CAR, where the state cannot provide any reproductive health care.

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