Are Health Workers Delivering for Women? And Are We Delivering for Health Workers?

Carol Bales — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 16:08:49 +0000

This post was originally published on the IntraHealth International blog.

In 2010, an estimated 287,000 women died from complications related to pregnancy and childbirth. Of these deaths, 85% occurred in sub-Saharan Africa and Southern Asia. This represents a global decline of 47% since 1990—but falls disappointingly short of the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) target of 75%.

Last week, I returned from Women Deliver, the largest global meeting of the decade to focus on the health and well-being of girls and women. With just two and a half years left to meet the MDGs, more than 4,500 participants in Kuala Lumpur rallied around the need to accelerate progress to achieve MDG 5: to improve maternal health.

Author's name:

Rebecca Kohler

Publication Date:

June 2013