New maternal mortality estimates confirm that the number of women dying in pregnancy and childbirth is declining. Along with other indicators, this joint UN report validates the fact that progress is being made in saving mothers’ lives, even if it is slower than that called for by the Millennium Development Goals.
Rapid progress in some countries demonstrates that when governments take a strategic approach to the safe motherhood challenge -- by deploying trained midwives, ensuring adequate essential supplies, making family planning accessible and providing timely obstetric care to women with complications –we are getting results. Still, there is more work to be done in delivering a world where every pregnancy is wanted and every childbirth is safe.
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