Maternal mortality
Describes how ‘across the globe, one woman dies every minute in pregnancy or childbirth’
For expectant mothers in developed nations, health care has improved dramatically in the past century. But recent reports by human rights organisations suggest that even Britain and the United States have a long way to go before all pregnant women have equal access to maternal health services.
Reducing the maternal mortality ratio by three-quarters between 1990 and 2015 is a United Nations Millennium Development goal.
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