Expectations: A mother-to-be heads to Brazil to report Deputy editor of global health Marissa Miley is reporting in Brazil to better understand how women experience pregnancy and childbirth
An estimated 1,700 women die each year from pregnancy-related causes - more than double the number in the US, despite our greater population - accounting for one quarter of all maternal deaths in Latin America. While tremendous progress was made through the mid-1990s to bring Brazil's maternal...
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Published in | GlobalPost |
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Language | English |
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Public Radio International (PRI)
10.04.2014
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Summary: | An estimated 1,700 women die each year from pregnancy-related causes - more than double the number in the US, despite our greater population - accounting for one quarter of all maternal deaths in Latin America. While tremendous progress was made through the mid-1990s to bring Brazil's maternal mortality figures down, Brazil has stagnated on these reductions in recent years and is not on track to achieve the UN Millennium Development Goal to improve maternal health. |
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