iOS app Android app More  Hudda Ibrahim   Ethiopia: Tragedy We
Can Prevent  Posted: 06/20/2012 11:21 am     According to the
World Health Organization, Ethiopia has a maternal mortality
rate of 673/100,000. This is so because only 6% of women have
access to skilled attendance at birth. The literacy rate of the
country is 23% for women who are above 15 years of age.  To
compare this figure to a more affluent country, according to the
US Department of Health and Human Services and the Center for
Disease Control and Health, the US has a maternal mortality rate
of 8/100,000.  In Ethiopia, lack of education contributes to the
structural burden of women's poor health, lack of family
planning, inadequate nutritional knowledge, and early marriage
for girls. Women's social condition is horrific, and there are
no government social programs which provide schools, clinics,
road services or even clean water.  All of these problems are
caused by a single factor and it is negligence. The government
should have built clinics