Africa the Worst Contient for Mothers, Children

According to a recent Save the Children study, Africa is the worst place on Earth for mother and children.  As reported by ABC News:

Scandinavian countries sweep the top rankings for the best places to be a mother, while countries in sub-Saharan Africa dominate the bottom tier, the report said.  Out of the 10 worst countries to be a mother or child, seven are in Africa.

In Sweden, which tops the list, nearly all women are literate.  In Ethiopia, only 34 percent of women are literate.  A mother in Ethiopia is 37 times more likely to see her child die in the first year of life than a mother in Sweden.

The United States ranked 11th. ...

"The Mothers' Index clearly shows that the quality of children's lives is inextricably linked to the health and education of their mothers," MacCormack added.  "In countries where mothers fare well, children fare well; in countries where mothers do poorly, children do poorly."

The low-ranking African countries identified by the study are of course poor and the Scandinavian countries that outrank them are comparatively wealthy.