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Ìý Safe motherhood Thursday 13 December 2001 Ìý
Every year more than half a million women die from complications relating to pregnancy. Most of these are in the developing world.

In 1987 the World Health Organisation launched the Safe Motherhood Initiative. It aimed to halve the number of maternal deaths by the year 2000. So how have they done?
Jenni is joined by Judy Mirsky, Founding Director of the Panos Reproductive Health and Gender Programme, and author of a new report charting the progress that's been made internationally.
Birth Rights: New approaches to safe motherhood by Judy Mirsky (Panos Institute)





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