United Nations has released reports on the latest estimates of maternal deaths, showing that a woman dies every two minutes during pregnancy or childbirth.
The report, which tracks maternal deaths nationally, regionally and globally from 2000 to 2020, shows there were an estimated 287,000 maternal deaths worldwide in 2020.
This marks only a slight decrease in 2016 when the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) came into effect.
In Papua New Guinea, the report estimates the likelihood of a 15-year-old girl will eventually die from a maternal cause is 1 in 150.
This is compared to 1 in 960 for a girl in Fiji, and 1 in 19,000 for a girl in Australia.
This is compared to 1 in 960 for a girl in Fiji, and 1 in 19,000 for a girl in Australia.
United Nations Population Fund has an ambitious goal aimed to eliminate preventable maternal deaths completely and to invest in women’s sexual and reproductive health, including strengthening the supply chain of essential maternal health medicines and to also invest in the health workforce.
PNG needs a minimum of 5000 qualified midwives to change the statistics on maternal mortality however only have a total of 800.
In March, UNFPA will be looking forward in sharing some new data from Papua New Guinea.
Their Health Facilities Survey looks at the availability of reproductive health commodities across 160 health facilities and the Socio-Demographic and Economic Survey, completed in partnership with the NSO with support from the Australian Government, will provide the latest statistics on household income and livelihoods.
With that, UNFPA hopes to have more population data available in March.
Following in the same month, they will be bringing three plays by Andrew Kuliniasi to the stage at Moresby Arts Theatre: He is Victor, For my Father, and the brand new Letters from Bradley.
Premiering on March 16, Letters is a hard-hitting exploration on gender-based violence and a must-see for all supporters in the march to end Gender-Based Violence and harmful practices.