Trends in Maternal Mortality - 1990 to 2008
- Author:
- WHO, UNFPA, World Bank, UNICEF
- Publisher:
- WHO, UNFPA, World Bank, UNICEF
- Publication Date:
- 16 September 2010
- Tags:
- Africa, Aid and Assistance, Children and Youth, International Organizations and Africa, NGOs and Civil Society, Women and Gender
WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA and the World Bank revised and improved earlier methods to estimate maternal mortality in 1990, 1995, 2000, 2005, and 2008; and developed methodology to present trends in maternal mortality from 1990 to 2008 at country, regional, and global levels. The study shows progress in sub-Saharan Africa where maternal mortality decreased by 26%.