Region records 101 maternal deaths

>The number of women dying during delivery in Tanga Region has decreased from 101 deaths out of 45,256 women who delivered in 2013 to 69 deaths out of 47,692 women who delivered last year.

Readers tend to pay little attention to newspaper stories on development. And even when they do, it is only when the story is made juicy. At this point, when almost everyone in Tanzania seems to be mesmerised by the political drama ahead of the October election, we are likely to witness that kind of thing.

As the world celebrates the International Day of the Midwife today, lack of skilled attendance at birth remains a major cause of maternal mortality because countries do not have adequate numbers of midwives to provide the needed care.

>With about 50 maternal deaths reported annually in Kasulu, district authorities have launched an awareness raising programme for expectant mothers in a bid to improve maternal and child health in the district.

Maternal mortality has fallen by 44 per cent since 1990, United Nations agencies and the World Bank Group reported on Thursday.

The war against preventable birth-related deaths of mothers cannot be won as long as the practice of child marriage continues, it has been explained.

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