CNN PHOTO GALLERY SEBASTIAN RICH
Somalia.
One in twenty women aged fifteen to forty nine die due to pregnancy or birth-related complications. Every year four in one hundred Somali children die during the first month of life, eight in one hundred before their first birthday, and one in eight before they turn five.
Each of these deaths is a tragedy, especially because a majority of them could have been prevented. More than eighty percent of newborn deaths are due to being premature, asphyxia,complications during birth, or infections such as pneumonia, diarrhea, measles and neonatal disorders. These deaths can be prevented with access to well-trained midwives and nurses during antenatal and postnatal visits and delivering at a health facility. Additionally, access to clean water, and disinfectants, handwashing, breastfeeding within the first hour, skin-to-skin contact, proper cord care, and good nutrition are proven solutions. Too often, these simple cost-effective interventions are out of reach of the mothers and babies who need them most.
Photography: Sebastian Rich for UNICEF/Magnum-Insights/All rights reserved©.
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CNN PHOTO GALLERY SEBASTIAN RICH
Somalia.
One in twenty women aged fifteen to forty nine die due to pregnancy or birth-related complications. Every year four in one hundred Somali children die during the first month of life, eight in one hundred before their first birthday, and one in eight before they turn five.
Each of these deaths is a tragedy, especially because a majority of them could have been prevented. More than eighty percent of newborn deaths are due to being premature, asphyxia,complications during birth, or infections such as pneumonia, diarrhea, measles and neonatal disorders. These deaths can be prevented with access to well-trained midwives and nurses during antenatal and postnatal visits and delivering at a health facility. Additionally, access to clean water, and disinfectants, handwashing, breastfeeding within the first hour, skin-to-skin contact, proper cord care, and good nutrition are proven solutions. Too often, these simple cost-effective interventions are out of reach of the mothers and babies who need them most.
Photography: Sebastian Rich for UNICEF/Magnum-Insights/All rights reserved©.
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