Baby mortality rate quadruples in Ethiopia’s Tigray region | Africanews

In Ethiopiais confused tigre region, death count The number of babies who die in the first month of life is four times According to a recent study, the rate before the war.

The most common causes were premature birth, infection and perinatal asphyxia, or inability to breathe at birth.

“So, we can say that the death rate under five years of age during wartime doubled compared to the pre-war era. In unit mortality, the mean death of a child in units in the first 28 days of life There is also quadruple the pre-war era from about 10 (deaths, ed.), according to the 2020 study in Tigre, to about 36 (deaths, ed.)”, says Dr. Pediatrician at Ayder Referral Hospital. Bereket Berehe said.

Nearly two years have passed since the war began and the Ethiopian government has isolated the Tigre region from the rest of the world, cutting off basic services such as electricity, phones, internet and banking.

Both sides have been invited african unionMediation peace talks in South Africa this weekend.