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 inGlobalPost
Main Author Miley, Marissa
Format Web Resource
LanguageEnglish
Published Boston Public Radio International (PRI) 10.04.2014
Subjects
Mortality
Pregnancy
Prenatal care
Womens health
United States > US
Brazil
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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.