Maternal Mortality for 181 Countries, 1980−2008: A Systematic Analysis of Progress Toward Millennium Development Goal 5
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Summary
Although only 23 countries are on track to achieve a 75% decrease in MMR by 2015, countries such as Egypt, China, Ecuador, and Bolivia have been achieving accelerated progress and substantial, albeit varied, progress has been made towards MDG 5.
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- 2010-05-08
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Keywords
Verbal autopsy, Millennium Development Goals, Standardized mortality ratio, Demography, Medicine
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