MATERNITY HOME FEATURE
By Mwila Agatha Zaza
Dedicating a day for the reverence of
However dreadful, it has to be
mothers is a practice as old as human
acknowledged that on this day, as on every
civilization. Celebrating Mother’s Day is
other day, 830 women and girls will die as a
today an annual practice that’s building in
result of becoming mothers – 303,000 a
momentum with more and more being
year according to the World Health
spent on showering mothers with gifts
Organization’s 2018 estimate.
with affection. Moreover, in 34 countries, mostly in Africa, This year social media was abuzz in the
more than 150 in every 1,000 mothers will
race to share the most ostentatious and
experience the death of an infant. In fact,
outrageous tributes to mothers and
maternal health is a key indicator of global
television ads reminded us that mothers
inequality, with outcomes for mothers in
are “worth it”.
low-income countries being far more tragic than in wealthy nations.
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