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- Maternal Mortality
- Global Health
- Why do women live longer than men?
- Exemplars in Global Health: Which countries are most successful in preventing maternal deaths?
- Measurement Matters – The decline of maternal mortality
- Exemplars in Global Health: Learning from the most successful countries in the world
- ¿Por qué las mujeres viven más que los hombres?
- Where are women most at risk of dying in childbirth?
- If we can make maternal deaths as rare as they are in the healthiest countries we can save almost 300,000 mothers each year
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- Has country already reached SDG target on maternal mortality?
- MDG5.A: Maternal mortality ratio (per 100,000 live births)
- MDG5.B: Share of pregnant women receiving adequate antenatal care
- Maternal Mortality RatioSlope Chart; World Bank
- Maternal deaths by cause
- Maternal deaths by income group
- Maternal mortality ratioWorld Bank (from 1990)
- Maternal mortality ratioWith SDG Target
- Maternal mortality ratio vs GDP per capita
- Maternal mortality ratio vs. Births attended by skilled health staff
- Maternal mortality ratio vs. Fertility rate
- Maternal mortality vs. Neonatal mortality
- Maternal mortality vs. health expenditure over time
- Number of maternal deaths
- Number of maternal deaths
- Number of maternal deaths by region
- Share of births attended by skilled health staff
- Share of pregnant women receiving prenatal care
- Share of women that are expected to die from pregnancy-related causes
- The maternal mortality ratio in 2000 and 2017World Bank