“Conditions in the camps were really tough,” says Hambeleleni Jonas, a mother who lived in the Okongo camp prior to giving birth.
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“妇女们没有安全可言,路人和猪可以自由穿行于营地。
“Women had no security against passers-by and pigs roamed freely throughout the camp.
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下雨时,我们没法做饭。”
When it rained we couldn’t cook.”
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尽管如此,Jonas认为自己有机会在医院分娩十分难得,纳米比亚许多妇女都有同感。
Nevertheless, Jonas valued the opportunity to give birth to her baby in a hospital, a sentiment shared by many women in Namibia.
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纳米比亚近七分之六的妇女在卫生设施分娩,并且有75%的妇女获得产前保健。
Nearly 6 out of 7 Namibian women deliver in health facilities and 3 out of 4 receive antenatal care.
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但是,农村妇女在有需要时总是较难前往卫生设施,难免可能延误就医而造成危险。
But it has always been harder for rural women to access health facilities when they need them and avoid potentially dangerous delays in seeking care.
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缺乏医护可能导致孕产妇和婴儿死亡,或在妊娠晚期时造成死产。
Lack of care may result in maternal and infant death, or a stillbirth in the third trimester of pregnancy.
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少女怀孕率高,无法寻求产前保健,感染艾滋病毒以及临产和分娩过程中护理不足也都会加剧此问题。
High teenage pregnancy rates, failure to seek antenatal care, HIV infections and inadequate care during labour and delivery, also contribute to the problem.
In 2015, the maternal mortality rate in Namibia was 265 deaths per 100 000 live births and the infant mortality rate was 33 deaths per 1000 live births.