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Safe motherhood in Pakistan
Author(s) -
Jafarey Sadiqua,
Kamal Imtiaz,
Qureshi Asma Fozia,
Fikree Fariyal
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
international journal of gynecology and obstetrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.895
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1879-3479
pISSN - 0020-7292
DOI - 10.1016/j.ijgo.2008.03.018
Subject(s) - medicine , millennium development goals , standardized mortality ratio , infant mortality , neonatal mortality , demography , environmental health , developing country , economic growth , socioeconomics , population , sociology , economics
The maternal mortality ratio in Pakistan remains high at between 350 and 500 per 100 000 live births, while the neonatal mortality ratio is 50 per 1000 live births. This paper examines the trends in maternal and neonatal mortality in Pakistan and looks at why slow progress has been made in attempts to achieve safe motherhood. Despite numerous initiatives, it is uncertain whether Pakistan will achieve Millennium Development Goals 4 and 5 by 2015.