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The World Health Organisation (WHO) has launched a programme aimed at improving the quality of antenatal care in Mozambique.
A streamlined approach to healthcare means that pregnant women only have to visit a single clinic which receives packages with all necessary medicines and lab supplies.
The first clinic was opened at the beginning of June, and WHO plans to increase that figure to ten by the end of next year.
WHO launches Mozambique antenatal care programme
Maternal deaths have fallen by 45 per cent since 1990, according to new figures from the UN.According to the Trends in maternal mortality 1990 to 2013 report, the maternal mortality ratio (MMR) stood at 210 per 100,000 live births in 2013, representing a significant decline from the figure of 380 deaths per 100,000 live births recorded 14 years previously.
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Maternal deaths down 45%
The number of maternal deaths around the world has dropped by just over a third.According to a new report by the World Health Organization (WHO), Unicef, the United Nations Population Fund and the World Bank, the number of women dying during childbirth, or from pregnancy-related complications, has decreased by 34 per cent over an 18-year period.
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Maternal deaths fall worldwide
The global infant and maternal mortality rates are "unacceptable", the United Nations (UN) chief has said.Arriving in the African nation of Nigeria for a visit, Ban Ki-moon said the high number of maternal and infant deaths is down to poor health systems the world over.
The world has 'unacceptable' maternal and infant mortality rates
WHO commends India for its groundbreaking progress in recent years in reducing the maternal mortality ratio.
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India has achieved groundbreaking success
Ensuring equal access to public services, and ensuring those services respond to the specific needs of women’s health, is fundamental to reducing poverty, inequality, and advancing the rights of women and girls.
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Equal access to public services
In many of the world’s most vulnerable communities’ climate extremes, such as the recent Cyclone Idai, are widening health inequities.
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Climate, environment and health - the link
The Syrian refugee crisis is an emergency that has not only a health burden, but many other social, educational, and family short and long term consequences.
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A global emergency
The John J Sciarra Prize Paper Award from FIGO’s prestigious International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology (IJGO) encourages clinical researchers from low- and middle-income countries to promote their work on a global stage.
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Prize-Winning Diabetes Research
TAOG is one of FIGO’s 132 member countries, committed to supporting FIGO’s aim for women of the world to achieve the highest possible standards of physical, mental, reproductive and sexual health and wellbeing throughout their lives.
Said Dr Conry,
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Celebrating Women's Health in Taiwan