The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has announced that every day more than 700 women—and one woman every two minutes worldwide—die due to preventable causes related to pregnancy and childbirth.
In a statement published on its X (formerly Twitter) account, the organization wrote: “The day a woman gives birth is the day she faces the highest risk of death.”
The statement further noted that each day between 20 and 30 additional women suffer childbirth-related injuries, infections, or disabilities. Most of these deaths and injuries are entirely preventable.
UNFPA emphasized: “Making motherhood safer is a human rights imperative.”
The statement added that UNFPA works with governments, health professionals, and civil society to train healthcare workers and improve access to essential medicines and reproductive health services.
The organization stressed that it is committed to “strengthening health systems and promoting international standards for maternal health.”
UNFPA also noted that it operates in more than 150 countries, covering around 80 percent of the world’s population.
