From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Ruggiero, Mrs. Ana Lucia (WDC)</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ruglucia@paho.org">ruglucia@paho.org</a>></span><br><div class="gmail_quote">crossposted from: <a href="mailto:EQUIDAD@listserv.paho.org">EQUIDAD@listserv.paho.org</a><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><font color="maroon" face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:maroon;font-weight:bold">Trends in Maternal Mortality: 1990 to 2010<u></u><u></u></span></font></b></p>
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WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA and The World Bank estimates<b><font color="maroon"><span style="color:maroon;font-weight:bold"><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold">UN Population Fund
(UNFPA) May 16, 2012<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Available online PDF [72p.] at: <a href="http://bit.ly/JjLcki" target="_blank"><font color="black"><span style="color:windowtext">http://bit.ly/JjLcki</span></font></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">“……New maternal
mortality estimates confirm that the number of women dying in pregnancy and
childbirth is declining. Along with other indicators, this joint U.N. report validates
the fact that we are making progress in saving mothers’ lives, even if
progress is slower than what is called for by the Millennium Development Goals.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Rapid progress in some countries
demonstrates that when governments take a strategic approach to the safe
motherhood challenge -- by deploying trained midwives, ensuring adequate
essential supplies, making family planning accessible and providing timely
obstetric care to women with complications, we are getting results. Still,
there is more work to be done in delivering a world where every pregnancy is
wanted and every childbirth is safe….”<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Executive summary<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">1 Introduction<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><b><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold">2 Measuring maternal mortality<u></u><u></u></span></font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">2.1 Concepts and
definitions<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">2.2 Coding of
maternal deaths<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">2.3 Approaches for
measuring maternal mortality<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><b><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold">3 Methodology for the 1990–2010 estimates of maternal mortality<u></u><u></u></span></font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">3.1 Sources of
country data used for the 1990–2010 estimates<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">3.2 Methods used to
estimate maternal mortality ratio in 1990–2010 according to data source<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">3.3 Computation of
adult lifetime risk of maternal mortality<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">3.4 Global and
regional estimates<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">3.5 Differences
between the 2010 methodology and 2008<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">3.6 Similarities
and differences to other maternal mortality estimates<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><b><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold">4 Analysis and interpretation of the 2010 estimates<u></u><u></u></span></font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">4.1 Maternal
mortality estimates for 2010<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">4.2 Trends in MMR
from 1990 to 2010<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">4.3 Issues to
consider in using the 2010 maternal mortality estimates<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">5 Is the fifth
Millennium Development Goal achievable<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">5.1 Potential
reasons for declining maternal mortality<br>
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References<br>
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