UN report points to yawning gap of inequality in sexual and reproductive health worldwide

U.N. report finds growing sexual and reproductive health inequities

A United Nations Population Fund report Wednesday said disparities in worldwide reproductive and sexual health equity are widening, even as remarkable advances have been achieved.

UN report points to yawning gap of inequality in sexual and reproductive health worldwide

GENEVA (AP) -- A new study says an African woman is roughly 130 times more likely to die from pregnancy and childbirth complications than a woman in Europe or North America, the U.N. population fund reported Wednesday as it decried widening inequality in sexual and reproductive health and rights worldwide.

UN report points to yawning gap of inequality in sexual and reproductive health worldwide

GENEVA (AP) — The U.N. population fund says in a new study that an African woman is roughly 130 times more likely to die from pregnancy and childbirth complications than a woman in Europe or North America. UNFPA’s latest “State of World Population” report, released Wednesday, also estimates that nearly 500 maternal deaths occur in countries with humanitarian crises or conflicts, and shows that women of African descent in the Americas are more li…

UN report points to yawning gap of inequality in sexual and reproductive health worldwide

The U.N. population fund says in a new study that an African woman is roughly 130 times more likely to die from pregnancy and childbirth complications than a woman in Europe or North America.