One of the reasons maternal mortality in West Africa is still so high is because less than 60% of women give birth under skilled care.
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Ghana’s success in reduction in maternal deaths is being hampered by bad road infrastructure, female illiteracy, skills shortages and some local pastors.
South Africa’s maternal mortality rate rose dramatically after 1998, almost doubling to 302 deaths per 100,000 live births by 2009.
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Assistant Professor, University of California, San Francisco
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Communications Specialist, University of California, San Francisco
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Professor of Global Surgery, University of Cape Town
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Professor of Demography and Social Statistics., Obafemi Awolowo University
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Director, Maternal and Infant Health Care Strategy Extramural Unit, SAMRC, University of Pretoria
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Medical Doctor, Epidemiologist and Biostatistician, University of the Witwatersrand
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Research fellow, Stellenbosch University
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Professor of Public Health and DST/NRF Research Chair., University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor in Food Security; Head of the Department of Agricultural Economics, Extension and Rural Development, University of Pretoria
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Regional Adviser, Immunisation, WHO Regional Office for Africa, Stellenbosch University
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Associate Professor of Global Health Systems, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Global Health and Social Statistics, University of Southampton
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Honorary Associate Professor in the School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand
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Associate Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences in the School of Health Sciences,, University of KwaZulu-Natal
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Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Lagos
