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The Road to : Maternal Death
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500,000 women die each year of com'F!ications connected with pregnancy, 494,000 p(llHlem in
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Concept: Mahmoud Fathalla, WHO WORLD HEALTH, Aprii-May 1990
Artist: 8etsy True, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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Family planning services
They are forced to tread The Road to Maternal Death because they lack access to life-saving care.
For such women, access to maternity care; to essential obstetrical care for those at risk; to family
planning; and - in the long run - social equity, including access to good
nutrition, a basic education, and economic opportunity, would make
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and death.
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