World Summit for Children, Goal 2
for children and development in the
1990s
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Reduce maternal mortality ratio by
50%
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Trend
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No change – 515,000 women die every year as a result
of pregnancy and childbirth
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1990
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NA
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2000
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400 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births
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2010 goal
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33% reduction
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Comments
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There has been a small increase in the percentage of
births that are attended by skilled personnel in some
53 countries where maternal mortality is generally less
severe. But, other than this limited change in a sigle
proxy measure, no other changes in global maternal mortality
ratios have been shown.
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Risking death to give life
* Affected not only by maternal
mortality rates but also by the number of births
per woman.
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Region
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Lifetime chance of dying in pregnancy or childbirth*
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| Sub-Saharan Africa |
1 in 13
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| South Asia |
1 in 54
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| Middle East/North
Africa |
1 in 55
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| Latin America/Caribbean
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1 in 157
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| East Asia/Pacific
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1 in 283
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| CEE/CIS and Baltic
States |
1 in 797
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Least developed
countries
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1 in 16 |
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Developing countries
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1 in 61 |
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Industrialized countries
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1 in 4,085 |
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World
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1 in 75 |
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| Sources:United Nations,Report of the Secretary-
General,‘We the Children:End-decade review of the follow-up
to the World Summit for Children ’,A/S-27/3, United Nations,New
York,4 May 2001; United Nations, Preparatory Committee for
the Spec al Session of the General Assembly on Children,
‘A world fit for children ’, Rev sed draft outcome document
A/AC-256/ CRP.6/Rev.3,United Nations,New York, June 2001. |
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