Tag: The Lancet

Maternal Deaths Decline Sharply Across the Globe

Apr 14, 2010

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mwkruse

in China, Demography, Education, Health and Medicine, India, Trends: Social, Wealth and Income

New York Times: Maternal Deaths Decline Sharply Across the Globe For the first time in decades, researchers are reporting a significant drop worldwide in the number of women dying each year from pregnancy and childbirth, to about 342,900 in 2008 from 526,300 in 1980. The findings, published in the medical journal The Lancet, challenge the…