Africa: Maternal Mortality Declining in Middle-income Countries - Women Still Die in Pregnancy and Childbirth in Low-income Countries

United Nations Population Fund (New York)

12 October 2007

The world's maternal mortality ratio (the number of maternal deaths per 100,000 live births) is declining too slowly to meet Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 5, which aims to improve maternal health and prevent women from dying in pregnancy and childbirth.