PHNOM PENH, September 15 (Xinhua) – Thursday (September 15) Yook Sambath, Cambodian Minister of Health. He revealed that the maternal and infant mortality rate in Cambodia has dropped significantly in the past seven years between 2014 and 2021.
Sambat said the maternal mortality rate was 154 for every 100,000 children alive in 2021, down from 170 in 2014, while the infant mortality rate was eight last year. The number of live births was 1,000, down from 18 in 2014, with approximately 1.41 million mothers having delivered their babies in hospitals across the country in the past five years. She has received 11 vaccinations against diseases such as tuberculosis. diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus, polio, measles, hepatitis B. meningitis, pneumonia and rubella He added that 95% of the children had received the above vaccination doses and that Cambodia successfully eradicated polio in 2000 and measles in 2015.
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