Definition: The maternal mortality rate (MMR) is the annual number of female deaths per 100,000 live births from any cause related to or aggravated by pregnancy or its management (excluding accidental or incidental causes). The MMR includes deaths during pregnancy, childbirth, or within 42 days of termination of pregnancy, irrespective of the duration and site of the pregnancy, for a specified year.
Source: CIA World Factbook - Unless otherwise noted, information in this page is accurate as of January 1, 2012
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Maternal and Infant Mortality Rates Reduced by Peer Support
Medscape News - 5/20/2013 11:23:13 PM
Those who endorse the "somewhat ethereal ideas such as empowerment ... offering varying levels of support. The interventions included a facilitated maternal and child health group and home visits from volunteer peer counselors. They collected data ...
Hurdles To Reducing Maternal Mortality In Sub-Saharan Africa: Lessons From Within
ModernGhana - 5/15/2013 8:30:12 PM
The maternal mortality rate (MMR) in Sub-Saharan Africa has dropped ... financing and interventions by other Sub-Saharan African countries can help reduce the aggregate figures hence achieving world targets. Again the introduction of Midwives Service ...
Corporate join hands with NGOs to curb maternal mortality
India Times - 5/19/2013 2:03:05 AM
NGOs- Hindustan Latex Family Planning Promotion Trust (HLFPPT), Pathfinder International with World Health Partners (Pathfinder ... and Jharkhand - states with some of the highest maternal mortality rates in the country. "We have made great ...
Fighting Maternal Mortality in Somaliland
The Huffington Post - 5/16/2013 4:47:06 PM
I am incredibly lucky to have grown up in a country where I've been educated and understand the choices I can make for myself. Maternal mortality is a horrific reality that happens to so many women around the world. This woman never had the ...
New Campaign from BRAC USA to Save Mothers' Lives in High-Risk Countries
San Francisco Gate - 5/9/2013 6:42:47 PM
... maternal health model from Bangladesh to select countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, which according to the CIA factbook include 19 of the 20 highest nationwide maternal mortality rates in the world. The region contains all of the top 20 if you include ...
NCW chief calls for efforts to reduce maternal mortality
Firstpost - 5/14/2013 8:31:23 PM
Three NGOs – Hindustan Latex Family Planning Promotion Trust, Pathfinder International with World Health Partners ... the states which see the highest rates of maternal mortality in the country. “The partnership will connect women in remote areas ...
Higher child marriage rates associated with higher maternal and infant mortality
Medical Xpress - 5/13/2013 8:54:02 PM
Countries with higher rates of child bride marriages have higher rates of maternal and infant mortality ... in a country's maternal mortality rate. "Our analyses accounted for development indicators and world region, and still documented ...
Higher Child Marriage Rates Associated With Higher Maternal and Infant Mortality: Researchers
Med India - 5/16/2013 3:54:00 AM
The study demonstrates that a 10 percent reduction in girl child marriage could be associated with at 70 percent reduction in a country's maternal mortality rate. "Our analyses accounted for development indicators and world region, and still documented ...
MSD for Mothers launches initiative in India to reduce maternal mortality rate
pharmabiz.com - 5/14/2013 11:27:21 AM
The Hindustan Latex Family Planning Promotion Trust (HLFPPT), Pathfinder International with World Health Partners (Pathfinder ... and Jharkhand – areas with some of the highest rates of maternal mortality in the country. Talking about the benefits ...
WHO statistics show narrowing health gap between countries with best and worst health status
HealthCanal - 5/15/2013 2:25:07 PM
This year, the World Health Statistics compares progress made by ... will need to double to achieve the MDG target of reducing maternal mortality ratio by three quarters. The gap between countries with the highest and lowest rates of new HIV infections ...
Save a Mother's Life - Talk About Maternal Death And Near-Miss in the USA
The Huffington Post - 5/20/2013 2:47:50 PM
The thought would have been an affront to my smug sense of complacency: I am white ... (diabetes, hypertension, etc...), women who use IVF, have multiples, bow to the pressure of a caesarian... Blame the doctors, big pharma, insurance companies, fiscally ...
Higher child marriage rates linked to high infant mortality
Times of India - 5/14/2013 2:11:59 PM
Countries in which girls are commonly married before the age of 18 have significantly higher rates of maternal and infant mortality ... country's maternal mortality rate. "Our analyses accounted for development indicators and world region ...
Nigeria accounts for 10% global maternal mortality rates- report
worldstagegroup.com - 5/15/2013 5:24:05 PM
Abuja (WorldStage Newsonline)-- A review of the progress of the Department for International Development (DFID) in Nigeria has revealed that the country accounted for 10 per cent of the World's maternal mortality rate. United Kingdom's International ...
Grassroots women’s groups could halve maternal death rate
HealthCanal - 5/17/2013 10:55:10 AM
Women’s groups can dramatically reduce the number of maternal and newborn deaths in some of the world’s poorest communities ... year if they were introduced in 74 countries where maternal and child death rates remain high. “The reasons why mothers ...
US surpasses other industrialized countries in infant death rate
World Socialist Web Site - 5/9/2013 3:36:40 PM
The high US infant death rate compared to other developed countries is a focus ... The Save the Children report notes that this is the highest percentage of first-day deaths of any country in the world. The report also features Save the Children’s ...
