PH ranks 106th on list of best places to be a mother MANILA – "The Philippines is among the worst places in Southeast Asia to be a mother, according to an annual report of Save the Children released on Tuesday. The London-based charity's annual "State of the World's Mothers" report, released just in time for Mother's Day on May 12, compared 176 countries in terms of maternal health, child mortality, education and levels of women's income and political status. The Philippines was at No. 106, tied with Indonesia, ahead only of Timor Leste (No. 110), Laos (No. 121) and Cambodia (No. 130). Singapore, at No. 15, was the best place for mothers in Asia, according to the report, with Malaysia at No. 70, Thailand at No. 80 and Vietnam at No. 86. The Democratic Republic of Congo earned the unenviable distinction of being the worst place in the world to be a mother, with countries in sub-Saharan Africa taking up each of the bottom ten places for the first time in the 14 years that the report has been produced. In contrast, Finland took the top spot, with its Nordic neighbors filling the other leading positions. The Philippines was at No. 95 in last year’s report which compared 165 countries, divided into three tiers based on economic development. “Babies born to mothers living in the greatest poverty face the greatest challenges to survival. At the heart of the newborn survival problem is the widening gap between the health of the world’s rich and poor. Virtually all (98 percent) newborn deaths occur in developing countries, and within many of these countries, babies born to the poorest families have a much higher risk of death compared to babies from the richest families,” this year's report said. “Disparities within countries like Bolivia, Cambodia, India, Morocco, Mozambique and the Philippines are especially dramatic.” As such, Save the Children called for investments to close the "startling disparities" in maternal health between the developed and developing world and for a push to fight inequality and malnutrition." http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/lifestyle/05/07/13/philippines-not-good-place-be-mother
I recollect that the Philippines' statistics on death in childbirth have become very significantly worse over the past 20 years. I suspect this reflects increasing poverty.
I saw that too. "Women in Britain have a higher chance of dying during pregnancy or childbirth than women in less wealthy countries. This is thought to be because the UK has a higher proportion of younger and older mothers than much of Europe and the poor health of some pregnant women in this country-including obesity and heart disease." Obesity and heart disease is a problem in this way in this country. It is something I picked up on when Mrs Ash was pregnant etc. And when watching "One Born Every Minute". Also through some of the people we know.
