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Worst Place to be a Mother: Why We Need to Address Childbirth in Conflict ZonesBy Lydia SmithJuly 29, 2014 16:53 BSTA nurse washes a newborn baby in the newborn care unit at a hospital in Baghdad(Getty)When Siwar gave birth to her fifth child in Za'atari refugee camp in northwest Jordan,Nike Air Max 95 Black Blue Grey, she had to deliver her daughter alone."There are many difficulties here and I had to deliver the baby by myself," she said. "When I delivered my other daughter back in Syria, I was surrounded by family, relatives, sisters-in-law and my sisters."Siwar's story is far from unusual. She is one of the estimated 1.5 billion people living in countries affected by conflict, fragility and large-scale violence. Women and children disproportionately account for 75% of those displaced by conflict, and 20% of women are of reproductive age. One in five will be pregnant.More than half of maternal deaths worldwide occur in fragile states, many of them affected by conflict and recurring natural disasters. Women die because they give birth without a midwife or skilled health provider on hand and because they do not have access to emergency obstetric services. Others are unable to travel to health facilities ?C which may or may not exist.For 20 years,Nike Air Max 2011 UK, reproductive health has been considered a basic human right. But during the chaos of armed conflict and other humanitarian emergencies, a high price is exacted on women's health ?C a problem which the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) argues needs to be given greater attention by health workers inside and outside crisis zones.Siwar, a Syrian mother of five, gave birth alone in the refugee camp Za'atari(Save the Children/YouTube)"Approximately 15% of displaced women will encounter a potentially life-threatening obstetric complication, such as haemorrhage, sepsis, obstructed labour or eclampsia," the RCOG said.In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, embroiled in a conflict known as Africa's First World War, mortality rates of women and children are as high in outside conflict zones as they are in the war-torn eastern provinces.Many deaths in the DRC are attributed to newborn causes, as well as malaria and malnutrition."It is estimated that 170,000 maternal deaths occur yearly during humanitarian crises," the RCOG added. "In an increasingly globalised world, it is necessary to be aware of the conditions in which women in such crises find themselves."Women fleeing conflict are far from safe ?C they may have to give birth on the run,Air Max 90 EM Mens Honolulu, without even the most basic items needed for a clean delivery. Conflict can destroy medical facilities and displace health workers, and distress from both types of crises can push women into premature labour.Earlier this month,Nike Air Max 2012 Orange Grey, the UN Refugee Agency revealed over 145,000 Syrian refugee households in Egypt, Lebanon, Iraq and Jordan are headed by women. Access to h