The Ministry of Public Health, in response to Sigar’s report about the 50% increase in maternal mortality in Afghanistan, has said that this report is not true.
Kabul 24: The spokesperson of the Ministry of Public Health, Sharafat Zaman Amarkhel, said that 26,000 midwives and 20,000 female nurses are working within the framework of the Ministry of Health to provide services to mothers in the country.
Mr. Amarkhel said about the Sigar report: “Fortunately, we have 26,000 midwives and more than 20,000 nurses.” It seems that what has been said about the situation in Afghanistan has not expressed the true reality of the country and is something that has come to their minds from afar.
According to our plan, the creation of 320 new health centers at the district level and the increase of human resources compared to the past are on the agenda.
Previously, the United States special inspector for the reconstruction of Afghanistan, or SIGAR, announced in a report that maternal mortality will increase by 50 percent by 2026 in Afghanistan, and the reason for this increase in mortality is the deprivation of girls and women from education, early marriages, and the lack of nurses and female specialists. .
In a part of this report, it is said: “The United Nations Women’s Division has predicted that by 2026, the impact of one tenth of one million girls leaving school and 100,000 from universities will cause a 45% increase in early motherhood and a 50% increase in maternal mortality in Afghanistan.” ”
At the same time, the head of the Afghanistan Obstetrics and Gynecology Association considers the increase of female doctors as one of the reasons for the reduction of maternal mortality in Afghanistan, among other solutions.
It has always been said that maternal mortality in Afghanistan often occurs due to the lack of health centers, the lack of female doctors, especially in remote areas, and the difficulty of transportation.
Earlier, the United Nations Population Fund also said that a mother dies every two hours due to preventable causes related to pregnancy and childbirth in Afghanistan
