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Maternal and Perinatal Conditions
(World Bank, 2006)
An estimated 210 million women become pregnant each year, and close to 60 million of these pregnancies end with the death of the mother (≈500,000) or the baby or as abortions. This chapter focuses on the adverse events of ...
Maternal Mortality
(World Bank, 2006)
At the close of the last century, Sub-Saharan Africa still had high maternal morbidity and mortality rates, with the goals of safe motherhood eluding many governments. The Programme of Action of the International Conference ...