Malagasy Mother With Children Editorial Photo

Malagasy mother with children. In Madagascar two-thirds of the population live below the international poverty line of US$1.25 per day. In June 2011, the United Nations Population Fund released a report on The State of the World's Midwifery. It contained new data on the midwifery workforce and policies relating to newborn and maternal mortality for 58 countries. The 2010 maternal mortality rate per 100,000 births for Madagascar is 440. This is compared with 373.1 in 2008 and 484.4 in 1990.