Middle East / North Africa and the Millennium Development Goals ...

Middle East / North Africa and the Millennium Development Goals
Figure 11: Trends in the implementation of MDG5
(Maternal health)
Source: Designed by the author, based on data in Table A7, Annex
It should, however, be noted in this connection that the data presented by
UNSD (2004) are based at large on estimates and model calculations.
These figures are far less viable than most other date cited in this study.
Based on these statistics, all that can be stated with some certainty is that
Egypt, Bahrain, the Palestinian Territories, and Morocco are very likely to
reach MDG5. The data for 1990–2001 indicate that maternal mortality
per100.000 births declined from 174 to 84 in Egypt and from 332 to 220
inMorocco. It can furthermore be noted that Qatar and Kuwait have already
reached MDG5. The maternal mortality rates of these two countries,
7 and five deaths per 100.000 births respectively, are approximately as low
as they are in industrialized Western countries (see Table A7, Annex).
Sudan and Iraq, on the other hand, are faced with considerable problems in
implementing MDG5. The maternal mortality rates in both countries, 590
and 250 per 100.000 births, continue to be extremely high. This goes as
well for Yemen, Mauritania, and Morocco, although these countries –
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