Feel It: A safe birth
Haffiya Elyas
hafielyas@yahoo.com
Globally, 2.4 million babies die during their first month of life (the newborn period) and 2 million babies are stillborn.
The current fertility rate for Sudan in 2022 is 4.210 births per woman, a 1.31% decline from 2022 .The fertility rate for Sudan in 2021 was 4.266 births per woman, a 1.3% decline from 2020.The fertility rate for Sudan in 2020 was 4.322 births per woman, a 1.28% decline from 2019 ,while the fertility rate for Sudan in 2019 was 4.378 births per woman, a 1.26% decline from 2018.
Children are 3.15 times more likely to die before their first birthday in East Darfur (88.5 deaths per 1000 live births) than in River Nile (28.1 deaths per 1000 live births).
Sudan and international partners launched a network of emergency institutions for pregnancy and newborns under the slogan (more political commitment to reduce maternal and newborn mortality), while the federal and state health ministries signed a charter to achieve the goal of health and safety for mothers and children.
Commitment and coordination with health institutions and partners is very important to deliver quality health services to reduce deaths.As the representative of UNFPA said befor the network of emergency institutions of pregnancy, childbirth and newborns one of the most important strategies to reduce deaths.
Indicators related to maternal and child health are low, as deaths among mothers and newborns are still high .Sudan Ministry of Health describing the situation as a sad matter, despite the efforts made to reduce deaths among them, which requires more interventions and cooperation with Sudan is one of the partners to reduce it,
The State Strategies for Preventing Pregnancy-Related Deaths is to eiminate racial and ethnic disparities in maternal mortality ,invest in and partner with communities and also to
ensure access to care for all pregnant and postpartum persons .
I agree with experts in what they say that ,improving integration of newborn interventions into national policies, training institutions, health referral systems, and humanitarian supply chain can expand emergency care provided to women and their newborns in these contexts.