Maternal

Sharp increase in skilled birth attendants needed to slash maternal deaths – UN

15 November 2004
The number of skilled attendants in developing countries needs to be increased by at least 333,000 if the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) of slashing maternal deaths by two thirds by 2015 is to be achieved, according to a statement issued by the United Nations health agency and other experts today.
Indian woman having prenatal checkup

UN aims to cut toll of world's 500,000 women who die in childbirth each year

28 September 2004
With at least one woman in developing countries dying in childbirth every minute - more than half a million annually - the United Nations health agency today launched a drive to prevent these deaths by training health workers.

In fight against child mortality UNICEF chief urges doctors to address root causes

17 August 2004
With nearly 11 million children dying before the age of five every year, most from preventable causes, the world's paediatricians must champion action that reaches beyond traditional health initiatives to underlying factors such as poverty, discrimination, and minority marginalization, according to the United Nations' top children's advocate.