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Too Little Progress on Child and Maternal Mortality

Rupert Walder, RH Reality Check, Europe on April 15, 2008 - 9:43am
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A special edition of The Lancet finds that fewer than a quarter of 68 priority countries are on track to reach the Millennium Development Goals on maternal and child mortality.


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Jamaica's Flawed Abortion Laws

Danielle Toppin, RH Reality Check, Caribbean on March 28, 2008 - 9:44am
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Illegal abortions are one of the top ten causes of maternal death in Jamaica. Safe, legal abortions are only accessible to those who can afford one. Existing abortion "common law" in Jamaica is ambiguous and differs than legislation on the books. Jamaica is in the midst of a heated abortion debate.


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Unsafe Abortion Leads to Maternal Death

Masimba Biriwasha, RH Reality Check, Africa & Asia on February 20, 2008 - 9:49am
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In Zimbabwe, abortion, except in cases of rape, incest, fetal impairment, or to preserve a woman's health, is illegal - and if caught, women face jail terms. As a result, many women resort to clandestine, unsafe and life-threatening abortion methods.


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Maternal Health: Moving Forward or Backward?

Jill Sheffield, Family Care International on October 5, 2007 - 2:30pm
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The latest numbers show the United States is becoming more, not less, dangerous for women who give birth here. Why is the maternal mortality rate increasing and what can we do about it? Women Deliver aims to find an answer.

 


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