The State of the World's Mothers

The State of the World's Mothers

By Liya Kebede (Special guest blogger for Save the Children) I never considered my mother a gambler, but looking back to my earliest days in Ethiopia, I realize that the likelihood of my mother and me both dying during childbirth was alarmingly high.  When I was born, the lifetime risk of a mother dying during pregnancy or childbirth in Ethiopia was about 1 in 14.  Fortunately, the odds have improved a lot since then. In fact, according to Save the Children’s State of the World’s Mothers report, Ethiopia has made enormous progress in helping mothers and young children survive. Since 2000, Ethiopia has reduced its lifetime risk of maternal death by nearly two-thirds (from 1 in 24 to 1 in 67) – more...Read More

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