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Maternal and Child Health in the Arab region

During the past few years, the Arab region has gained substantial progress in maternal and child health through its developmental improvements in health infrastructure<br>

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Maternal and Child Health in the Arab region

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  1. Maternal and Child Health in the Arab region

  2. 1. Maternal and Child Health There have been observations on improvements of changes in maternal mortality rates and under-five child mortality in the Arab countries. Since the past decades of excellence over the last two decades, particularly after the GCC countries like Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) demonstrated aggressive improvements in reducing maternal mortality rates through better prenatal care, skilled birth attendance, and accessibility to essential obstetric emergency care services. For instance, the UAE has some of the lowest rates of maternal and child mortality in the region. This is attributed to very robust health infrastructure and effective government investment in good quality maternal care services.

  3. 2. Current Challenges in Conflict-affected Areas Others are still experiencing great challenges even though some are succeeding in maternal and child health since other countries are still harbouring constant conflict and humanitarian conditions. These include Yemen, Syria, and parts of Iraq cited, where destroyed health facilities and generalized malnutrition among pregnant women and children are notably persistent issues.

  4. 3. Socioeconomic Inequities Apart from conflict, the socioeconomic inequalities have pretty well been instrumental in determining the outcome of maternal and child health in the Arab region. Countries that have documented increased rates of poverty levels, such as Sudan and Mauritania, have not received any significant funds in terms of maternal health services. Skilled births are still at a very low level in these countries, and in most cases, access to a skilled birth attendant is very low, especially for the more distant rural areas.

  5. 4. Eradicating Malnutrition Another long-standing problem related to maternal and child health is malnutrition. Among the countries affected by conflict, Yemen, Sudan, and Somalia record the greatest incidence rate of acute malnutrition that is applied in poor health outcomes. Poor health outcomes among the mothers are also exposed to further complications during pregnancy and at delivery, which puts their children at greater risk of low birth weight, stunting, and disease during childhood.

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