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The Lancet: UN report shows that despite substantial progress, the world fell short of the maternal mortality target in

2015-11-13 09:25:52

The Lancet: UN report shows that despite substantial progress, the world fell short of the maternal mortality target in the Millennium Development Goals: New research published today in The Lancet shows that, despite reducing maternal mortality by an impressive 44 percent between 1990 and 2015, the world fell well short of the target of a 75 percent reduction that appeared in the Millennium Development Goals. The study is led by Drs. Leontine Alkema of the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Mass., USA and Doris Chou, Department of Reproductive Health and Research, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland, with colleagues from the UN Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group and academia.

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