Maternal

A woman poses with her small children in Kaliab Valley, Tajikistan

Maternal mortality in Eastern Europe, Central Asia halved but still high – UN report

12 November 2009
The number of women in Eastern Europe and Central Asia dying from complications in childbirth and pregnancy has been slashed by more than half over the last 10 years, participants at a high-level United Nations gathering in Istanbul heard today.
A UNFPA-supported reproductive health clinic in Hato Chamí, Western Panama

UN and World Bank voice concerns about funding for family planning

1 July 2009
Family planning and other reproductive health services for women have fallen off the development radar of many poor countries, donors and aid agencies, according to the United Nations and the World Bank, which are warning of the impact this will have on already high maternal mortality rates.
Midwives being trained in Afghanistan

Afghanistan: maternal health factors improve, but high death rate continues – UN report

26 January 2009
Despite a sharp increase in the number of midwives, health facilities, female health workers and educated girls in Afghanistan, the strife-beset country still has the world’s second highest maternal mortality rate, United Nations officials said today.