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UNICEF The State of the World's Children 2009

The State of the World’s Children 2009: Maternal and Newborn Health

  • “The divide between industrialized countries and developing regions – particularly the least developed countries – is perhaps greater on maternal mortality than on almost any other issue. This claim is borne out by the numbers: Based on 2005 data, the average lifetime risk of a woman in a least developed country dying from complications related to pregnancy or childbirth is more than 300 times greater than for a woman living in an industrialized country. No other mortality rate is so unequal. [Afghanistan (has) one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the world.]”
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