Safe Motherhood
WHO,
Maternal and Newborn Health
 Making
Pregnancy Safer Initiative
Managing
Complications in Pregnancy and Childbirth ( MCPC ) Manual-A guide
for midwives and doctors
Safe
Motherhood needs Assessment Tool
Safe
Motherhood and Human Rights
Community
Health Child and Maternal Survival
A Bedouin (nomadic Arab) woman holds her baby, at a settlement near
Damascus, the capital. Syria.
In 1996 the situation of children and women in the Syrian Arab Republic
shows significant improvement over previous decades. From 1960-1994
infant mortality declined from 136 to 32/1000 live births, and under-five
mortality from 201 to 38/1000 live births.
Immunization coverage is now universal, 90% of the country's 14.2 million
people have access to health services, 83% to sanitation and 85% to
safe water. More than half the population lives in urban areas. Adult
literacy, now at 66%, is only 49% for women.
However, with primary school enrolment rates now at 100% for boys and
92% for girls, this gender imbalance should improve significantly in
the next generation. In addition to supporting implementation of the
Convention on the Rights of the Child, UNICEF's 1996-2000 US$10 million
cooperation programme includes support for improved maternity health
services and child feeding practices, as well as increased coverage
of early childhood education services for children of working mothers.
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