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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><font color="maroon" face="Arial" size="5"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:maroon;font-weight:bold">Women Deliver<u></u><u></u></span></font></b></p>
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The Lancet - Published May 17, 2013<u></u><u></u></span></font></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">“….In recent years, two
important changes in maternal health have taken place worldwide: a reduction in
global maternal mortality, and an increase in the proportion of childbirths
occurring in health facilities. Although substantial progress has been made, the
fifth Millennium Development Goal to reduce the maternal mortality ratio by
three quarters before 2015 will be missed.<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Against this backdrop, The Lancet
publishes a special themed issue to coincide with <br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold"><a href="http://bit.ly/10VM4K7" target="_blank"><font color="black"><span style="color:windowtext">the <i><span style="font-style:italic">third
Women Deliver conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on May 28–30, 2013.</span></i></span></font></a><i><span style="font-style:italic"> <br>
</span></i></span></b>Women Deliver brings together voices from around the
world to generate political commitment and resource investments to improve the
health and well-being of girls and women and achieve universal access to
reproductive health. <br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">The studies published in The
Lancet's themed issue use different methods to show the multidimensional nature
of reproductive health and the influence of social determinants and health
systems….”<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">Comments<br>
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to women's health abroad and at home</span></font></i><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial"> - Kathleen Sebelius<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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progress and potential</span></i> - Raj Karim, Siti Hasmah Mohamad Ali<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<i><span style="font-style:italic">Maternal health: a missed opportunity for
development</span></i> - Karen A Grepin, Jeni Klugman<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<i><span style="font-style:italic">Participatory women's groups: ready for
prime time?</span></i> - Cesar G Victoria, Fernando C Barros<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<i><span style="font-style:italic">Care assessment's difficult relation with
maternal mortality</span></i> - Alexandre Dumont, Marie-Hélène Bouvier-Colle<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<i><span style="font-style:italic">Meeting the unmet need for family planning:
now is the time</span></i> - Herbert B Peterson, Gary L Darmstadt, John
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