• DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(16)00099-4
Corpus ID: 205980332

Modest global achievements in maternal survival: more focus on sub-Saharan Africa is needed

@article{Hansen2016ModestGA,
  title={Modest global achievements in maternal survival: more focus on sub-Saharan Africa is needed},
  author={C. Hansen and J. Schellenberg},
  journal={The Lancet},
  year={2016},
  volume={387},
  pages={410-411}
}

C. Hansen, J. Schellenberg

Published 2016

Medicine

The Lancet

410 www.thelancet.com Vol 387 January 30, 2016 16 years ago, the target of a 75% reduction in the global maternal mortality ratio between 1990 and 2015 was specifi ed as an indicator for Millennium Development Goal (MDG) number 5 to improve maternal health. As well as marking the end of the MDG era, 2015 also saw a new set of development targets proposed in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which are to be achieved over the next 15 years. Coinciding with the transition from MDGs to SDGs… CONTINUE READING

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