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Maternal and Perinatal Death Burden
• 295,000 maternal deaths annually in 2017 (66% in SSA) (WHO, 2019)
• Rarely if ever makes news
• MMR in SSA is at 545/100,000 live births as of 2020
• As per SHDS (2020), in Somalia MMR is estimates (692/100, 000 live births) - Very high
• Vast majority are preventable