Achieving MDG of reducing maternal mortality ratio

A comparative study of selected South Asian countries

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ID15216825
AuthorsPrema Basargekar (0000-0002-2336-9746, K J Somaiya Institute of Management, corresponding author)
Year2022
Volume44
Issue2
Pages111-125
Publication date2022-07-13
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueHealth Care For Women International (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0739-9332 • E-ISSN: 1096-4665
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/07399332.2021.1916822
PMID35830495
OpenAlexW4285084336
LanguageEN
References cited26

Reducing the maternal mortality ratio (MMR) by three quarters by 2015 was one of the major Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). I performed a comparative study of policy tools and outcomes for reducing the MMR in five major South Asian Countries-Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. I observed that countries with a greater focus on achieving gender parity and equal health access and having specific healthcare policies to promote maternal care were more successful in achieving the MDG of reducing the MMR. Thus, any healthcare policy targeting women should also consider gender parity and women empowerment policies of a country

Birth attendant · Developing country · Economic growth · Economics · Empowerment · Environmental health · Health care · Health services · Healthcare policy · International health · Maternal health · Maternal mortality rate · Millennium Development Goals · Political science · Population · Socioeconomics · South asia · Standardized mortality ratio · Global Health Care Issues · Global Maternal and Child Health · Healthcare Systems and Reforms · Medicine · Health Policy

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