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- The latest published estimate in the progress tracking report by the WHO, UNICEF, and the UNFPA was launched at ‘International Maternal Newborn Health Conference’ (IMNHC 2023).
- It shows there were a combined 4.5 million deaths in 2020-2021.
- It consists of maternal deaths (0.29 million), stillbirths (1.9 million) and newborn deaths (2.3 million).
- India leads a list of 10 countries that together account for 60 per cent of global maternal deaths, stillbirths and newborn deaths.
- Also, it accounted for 51 per cent of live births globally.
- India saw 7,88,000 maternal deaths, stillbirths and neonatal deaths in 2020, of the total 4.5 million deaths globally.
- It is followed by Nigeria, Pakistan, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Bangladesh and China for maternal deaths, stillbirths and neonatal deaths.
- Sub-Saharan Africa and Central and Southern Asia are the regions experiencing the largest number of deaths, although, across all regions.
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