PUTRAJAYA: A World Health Organisation expert for the Western Pacific region said he has made the need to reduce maternal mortality his top agenda. “I find it both sad and frustrating that in ...

The Greater Accra Regional Health Directorate (GRHD) is struggling to meet the global maternal health ratio of less than 70 deaths per 100,000 live births due to low skilled delivery. Data from ...

The rate of maternal mortality ... Those living in the South saw the highest mortality rate of any U.S. region, with a mortality rate of 12.1 per million compared with 5.4 per million in Western ...

"Global, regional, and national levels of maternal mortality, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015," The Lancet. Only data for 1990, 2000 and 2015 was ...