Liberia: Pul Boss Alarms Over High Maternal Deaths

The President of the Press Union of Liberia (PUL) Peter Quaqua has alarmed over what he calls the high maternal mortality (pregnancy related death) rate in the country and called on the media practitioners to report on the sector which concerns everybody.

Maternal mortality describes the death of pregnant women and their babies (covering from the day they get pregnant to six weeks after they give birth), and Liberia is reported to have one of the highest maternal death rates.

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