1. 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

2. 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

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. 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

6. 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
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