Claim: Liberia Water and Sewer Corporation Managing Director, Mohammed Ali, has alleged that Liberia’s maternal mortality rate in 2023 was 742/100,000.
Verdict: False! Data from the World Health Organisation shows otherwise.
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The Managing Director of Liberia Water and Sewer Corporation, Mohammed Ali, in a Facebook post claimed that Liberia’s maternal mortality rate in 2023 was 742/100,000.
“We inherited maternal mortality at 742/100,000 from 2023, and we are now at 610/100,000 live births in 2026.”
Mohammed Ali’s post generated 166 likes, 86 comments and 2 shares.
DUBAWA decided to conduct a fact-check on the claim as part of its mandate to counter misinformation and disinformation and to promote truth-telling in public discourse.
Verification:
To verify the claim, our researcher first contacted the claimant to provide the source for his claim, but he has since refused to respond to inquiries.
Our researcher further reviewed 2023 data from the World Health Organization on Liberia’s maternal mortality rate.
The data shows that in 2023, Liberia’s maternal mortality rate was 628/100,000.
Data from the World Bank Gender Data Portal reveals that Liberia’s 2023 maternal mortality rate was 628/100,000.
Conclusion:
Based on available data from the World Health Organization and the World Bank Gender Data Portal, the claim made by Mohammed Al is false.