Jam with me

   If you wonder on how many individuals die every seconds, minutes, hours or even days; expect for an answer within a range. There is no constant number to define and state the total number of people dying every day.

   More than 2 million babies and mothers die worldwide each year from childbirth complications, outnumbering child deaths from malaria and HIV/AIDS, according to a study.

   "The world will continue to miss the unheard cry of the 230 babies who die every hour from childbirth complications," unless there is better planning and implementation of policies, according to the study.

   Some 1.02 million babies are stillborn and another 904,000 die soon after birth. By comparison, 820,000 children die from malaria and 208,000 die from HIV/AIDS worldwide.

   "The huge numbers hide multiple personal stories of loss," said Joy Lawn, who runs Save the Children's Saving Newborn Lives campaign. "Each death is a tragedy to a family — actually a double tragedy since almost all these deaths could be prevented."

   The report said that many of the deaths could be avoided with improvements in basic health care, and training for local health care workers to perform emergency cesarean sections and other lifesaving techniques.

   Poverty is one of the main causes of these deaths. In wealthier countries most women give birth with a skilled attendant while in poor countries, few women do.

   These are just babies and their mothers, what more if we include those who die from natural death or accidents.

   Special Thanks to Celean Jacobson for the article “Study: 2 million babies and mothers die at birth”.