Top 10 - Best places to be a mother Maternal Health Top 10 - Best places to be a mother 1. Norway 2. Iceland 3. Sweden 4. New Zealand 5. Denmark 6. Finland 7. Australia 8. Belgium 9. Ireland 10. Netherlands/United Kingdom

Bottom 10 – worst places to be a mother 156. DR Congo 156. South Sudan 156. Sudan 159. Chad 160. Eritrea 161. Mali 162. Guinea-Bissau 163. Yemen 164. Afghanistan 165. Niger

Reasons for global disparity More than 90 years of experience on the ground have shown us that when mothers have health care, education and economic opportunity, both they and their children have the best chance to survive and thrive.

Alarming numbers of mothers and children in developing countries are not getting the nutrition they need. For mothers, this means less strength and energy for the vitally important activities of daily life. It also means increased risk of death or giving birth to a pre-term, underweight or malnourished infant.

For young children, poor nutrition in the early years often means irreversible damage to bodies and minds during the time when both are developing rapidly. And for 2.6 million children each year, hunger kills, with malnutrition leading to death. Save the Children, USA

Why is the United States 25th? The health care system is flawed. There is a lack of education about the importance of the first 1,000 days from pregnancy American society does not value maternal and children’s health Other