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WHO - Global maternal mortality crisis
March 17 , 2025
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- Every day in 2020, approximately 800 women died from the preventable causes related to pregnancy and childbirth, equating to one death every two minutes.
- In 2020, an estimated 287,000 women worldwide died from maternal causes.
- In 2020, the global maternal mortality ratio (MMR) stood at 223 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births.
- Globally, most pregnancy-related infection deaths occurred in the postpartum period, which extends up to 42 days after child birth.
- The SDG target 3.1 aims to reduce the global MMR to below 70 per 100,000 live births by 2030.
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