• Maternal deaths in Canada rose from 6 to 11 per 100 000 births between 1990 and 2013,
according to a report by the World Health Organization. During the same period, maternal …

Childbirth is often fraught with anxi-ety for mothers to be, but dying isn't typically top of mind
for American women. Until now. A major investigation by USA Today last year concluded …

In 2017, at a time when maternal mortality was declining worldwide, the World Health
Organization (WHO) reported that the US was one of only two countries (along with the …

The number of women who die due to complications in pregnancy and childbirth is not
declining fast enough to achieve the global target of reducing maternal deaths by three …

Released just ahead of Mother's Day, an Urban Institute study on pregnant women, focusing
on six counties in North Carolina, found that poor maternal health is a sign of poor …

Although considered mainly as problems of the developing world, maternal mortality and
morbidity remain a challenge in the United States of America (USA). 1 1 Trends in maternal …

Executive summary In 2000, the United Nations (UN) Member States pledged to work
towards a series of Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), including the target of a three …