NEW! Trends in Maternal Mortality: 1990 – 2013
This report presents internationally comparable maternal mortality ratio estimates, including trends from 1990 to 2013. It is the seventh in a series of analyses by the United Nations agencies, led by The Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group (MMEIG), which comprises of the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the United ...
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Current health issues and progress in Ghana
Ghana is currently working towards achievement of the Millennium Development Goals. To achieve the targets for the reduction of child mortality, which forms MDG 4, Ghana should reduce underfive deaths per 1,000 live births to 43, and increase measles immunisation to 100 per cent by 2015. In 2012 under-five mortality stood at 72 deaths per 1,000 live births, and measles ...
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