Maternal, Newborn, Child Health: Mortality Rates Curbed, Hospital Delivery Figures Raised
According to the last
Cameroon Demographic and Health Survey and the
2014 Multi-indicator Cluster Survey Statistics, MICS report, about 7,000 women die in the country due to
pregnancy complications or during
delivery. While
neonatal mortality (the death rate of babies in the first 28 days of life) was 28 deaths per 1,000 live births. Concerned by the situation, government, with the support of the
United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF and the
United Nations Population Fund, UNFPA, launched the
Running from 2018-2022, the project is funded by the
Islamic Development Bank, IsDB. It covers 34 health districts in the