Millennium Development Goal 5: Progress and challenges in maternal mortality

Sharp decline in maternal and child deaths globally, new data show

Since the start of an international effort to address maternal and child mortality, millions of lives have been saved globally, a new study by the Institute for ...

Global, regional, and national levels and causes of maternal mortality during 1990–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

The fifth Millennium Development Goal (MDG 5) established the goal of a 75% reduction in the maternal mortality ratio (MMR; number of maternal deaths per 100,000 li...