United Nations: Afghanistan has the highest maternal mortality rate in Asia

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees says that Afghanistan has the highest maternal mortality rate in Asia.

This organization wrote in a tweet that it organizes training programs for non-professional midwives in remote areas of Afghanistan so that women have better access to maternity services.

According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Afghanistan has the highest maternal mortality rate in Asia.

Earlier, Al Iskandar Budiroza, the head of the United Nations Population Fund, called Afghanistan the worst country for women, especially pregnant women, and said that after the Taliban came to power, the health system in this country collapsed and brain drain, especially doctors and nurses challenged the health system.

He added that in the last 20 years, Afghanistan has made progress in preventing the death of mothers during childbirth, but now these achievements are being lost.