Maternal mortality: An international crisis

TY - JOUR

T1 - Maternal mortality

T2 - An international crisis

AU - Tracy, Erin E.

AU - Tomich, Paul G.

N1 - Funding Information: It was in recognition of the magnitude of this problem that the International Safe Motherhood Initiative was conceived in Nairobi, Kenya, in 1987. Subsequently, the World Summit for Children, with more than 150 countries participating, met in 1990 and adopted a plan of action with the goal of a 50% reduction in maternal mortality rates by 2000. The World Heath Organization declared 1998 the Year of Safe Motherhood. The Save the Mothers Fund was established by the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) in 1997. This fund has been supported financially by the United Nations Population Fund, Pharmacia Corporation, The World Bank, and FIGO. 21 The program involves the specific pairing of a number of developed countries with developing countries with the goal of reducing maternal mortality:

PY - 2002

Y1 - 2002

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U2 - 10.1016/s1085-6862(02)00096-1

DO - 10.1016/s1085-6862(02)00096-1

M3 - Editorial

AN - SCOPUS:0036249550

SN - 1085-6862

VL - 7

SP - 1+15-16

JO - ACOG Clinical Review

JF - ACOG Clinical Review

IS - 4

ER -