Topic: 2025 – Maternal Mortality
Country: Philippines
Delegate Name: Gabrielle Simmons
In 2023 alone, 260,000 women died due to Maternal Morality issues in the world. Lower class countries are 92% of the death rates in childbirth. The Philippines is a lower-middle class country that is one of the contributors of the 92%. Women can have issues from severe bleeding and infection after childbirth. However, in lower class countries, women will die from complications with delivery, Pre-eclampsia, and poor hospital conditions. In the Philippines, 0.084% of Women die from pregnancy related causes (84 women out of every 100,000).
The United Nations has a goal set to bring maternal mortality down to 70 deaths per 100,000 live births globally by the year 2030. An efficient way to do this is to establish women’s power to avoid unwanted pregnancies. Another well-ordered strategy to complete this goal is to ensure women’s safety and comfortability in hospitals. The UNICEF has helped Filipino women by solidifying care for pregnant women before and after giving birth. This agency has delivered supplies needed for childbirth to be completed safely and contributed to systems in the Philippines to reduce maternal deaths.
Sources:
https://genderdata.worldbank.org/en/economies/philippines#:~:text=84%20women%20die%20per%20100%2C000%20live%20births,Philippines%20is%20higher%20than%20its%20regional%20average.
https://www.unfpa.org/maternal-health#:~:text=UNFPA-supported%20programmes%20strengthen%20human,Updated%20on%2024%20November%202024
https://www.who.int/health-topics/maternal-health#tab=tab_1
https://philippines.unfpa.org/en/unfpa-philippines
https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/maternal-mortality
