05/16/2012 Half As Many Women Die In Childbirth (LA Times)
Guest Speaker Ellen Swabey on Wednesday, 16 May 2012.
News Text
About half as many women worldwide die from pregnancy, childbirth and related complications compared with two decades ago, according to United Nations estimates released Wednesday.
The declining numbers of maternal deaths -- from 543,000 in 1990 to 287,000 worldwide as of two years ago -- were cheered by the World Health Organization, the United Nations Population Fund, UNICEF and the World Bank, which jointly issued the report.
But a global goal of reducing maternal deaths by 75% from 1990 to 2015 remains distant in some countries where progress has been slow or nonexistent.
By The Los Angeles Times, 05/16/2012
- Posted in: All News, Pregnancy & Birth
- Tags: birth, mortality rates, pregnancy, women
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