Thanks to the Maternal Health Task Force for the heads up that today from 3 to 5 there will be a meeting at the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Center for Scholars. The Ministers of Health from Afghanistan, Cambodia, the Dominican Republic, and the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Health, Rwanda will be featured. The subject of the talk:
Progress towards Millennium Development Goal Five – reduce maternal deaths by three-quarters worldwide – has been the slowest of any, according to the United Nations. Maternal deaths are declining, but not fast enough: every year 350,000 women often die due to preventable causes during childbirth. Greater political willpower is needed if the global maternal health agenda is to move forward.
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