London, May 8 (ANI): Niger is the worst place on earth to be a mother, according to a report by the world's leading children NGO.
According to report by Save the Children, Niger's current food crisis bears much of the blame for its placing at the bottom of the list, just above Afghanistan, Yemen, Guinea-Bissau and Mali.
The NGO also found high levels of maternal mortality, lack of access to contraception and poor levels of income relative to men's, The Guardian reports.
The charity's annual Mothers' Index examined the well-being of mothers and their children in 165 countries, based on a range of measures, including mothers' education, infant mortality and breastfeeding rates.
Norway was rated as the world's best place to be a mother, followed by Iceland, Sweden, New Zealand and Denmark.
According to the paper, the U.S. was rated 25th, with the report pointing to maternal death rates 15 times higher than those in Greece and infant mortality four times greater than in Iceland.
The U.S. also scores the worst among developed nations for encouraging breastfeeding.
According to the paper, hunger and deprivation were the chief factors keeping developing nations, such as Eritrea, Chad, Sudan and South Sudan, near the bottom of the list. (ANI)
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