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"The mission focused on the
issue of maternal mortality with a view to understanding, in the context of the
right to the highest attainable standard of health, the steps taken by India to
reduce this phenomenon, and to make constructive recommendations....."
"The Special Rapporteur
underlines that maternal health is not only a health issue. It is also a human
rights issue, relating to - for example - women's rights to life, health,
equality and non-discrimination."
"In India, 100,000 women die
yearly in India during childbirth or pregnancy. There is an average of 300
maternal deaths for every 100,000 live births in India, which is higher than in
many other middle-income and some low-income countries....Even though the
Indian Rate of maternal deaths is declining, at the present rate neither India,
nor any of its states, will reach their maternal mortality targets for 2015
arising from the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)...."
"Registration System and
Maternal Death Audits: The Special Rapporteur noted with concern that there is
no effective, reliable and comprehensive civil registration for accurately
reporting births and deaths in India. There is evidence that women are silently
dying in childbirth and during pregnancy. As many of these deaths are not
registered, they remain uncounted and unreported. The Special Rapporteur
strongly recommends that all States introduce, as a matter of urgency, a
comprehensive, effective registration system, as well as a system of maternal
death audits, such as those already in existence in Tamil Nadu and on a pilot
basis in Rajasthan. It is of the utmost importance that all the circumstances
of maternal deaths are examined in order to find out why the death occurred. A
maternal death audit should be a non-judicial review, one that goes beyond
medical reasons to identify the social, economic and cultural reasons that led
or contributed to the death...."
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2008 ENGLISH Only |
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
Seventh Session
Agenda Item 3
Promotion and Protection of All
Human Rights, Civil, Political, Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Including
the Right to Development
REPORT OF THE SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON
THE RIGHT OF EVERYONE TO THE ENJOYMENT OF THE HIGHEST ATTAINABLE STANDARD OF
PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH
PRELIMINARY NOTE ON THE MISSION TO
INDIA
ADDENDUM
FULL REPORT IS ATTACHED.
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