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Deputy Minister links short interval to higher maternal death
The newspaper discussed that the total fertility rate in Egypt dropped from 2.54 to 2.33 children over two years. This change is attributed to a shift in the government’s strategy from encouraging a reduction in the number of children to focusing on spacing births at intervals of 3 to 5 years to ensure the health of both mother and child. The Ministry of Health confirmed that having multiple births within two years increases the risks of stunting, autism, and obesity, and leads to a 25% and 30% rise in neonatal and maternal mortality rates, respectively. Additionally, the results of a population survey showed that urban areas in the Nile Delta have succeeded in breaking the two-child barrier, while the risk remains concentrated in central Upper Egypt.
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