As the 2015 target date for the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) nears, ending
preventable maternal mortality (EPMM) remains an unfinished agenda and one of the …

Globally, maternal mortality declined by almost 38% from 2000 to 2017. 1 Yet an estimated
810 women continue to die each day due to complications of pregnancy and childbirth with …

Abstract Background In February 2015, the World Health Organization (WHO) released
“Strategies toward ending preventable maternal mortality (EPMM)”(EPMM Strategies), a …

Background While global maternal mortality declined 44% between 1990 and 2015, the
majority of countries fell short of attaining Millennium Development Goal targets. The …

Since the mid-1990s, the world has seen a substantial reduction of maternal mortality. 1
Considering that social determinants and health system arrangements play a major role in …

The end of the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) era was marked in 2015, and while
maternal and child mortality have been halved, MGD 4 and MDG 5 are off‐track at the global …

with the greatest reductions in the second half of this period. A major catalyst for this
progress was the target set by Millennium Development Goal 5: reduction of the maternal …

In September 2000, 189 world leaders signed a declaration on eight Millennium
Development Goals (MDGs) to improve the lives of women, men, and children in their …

Background The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were launched on 25 September
2015 and came into force on 1 January 2016 for the 15-year period until 31 December 2030 …

In 2015, an estimated 303,000 women died as a result of pregnancy and childbirth-related
complications (WHO 2015a). Most of these deaths occurred in lowand middle-income …