Persistent inequities in maternal mortality in Latin America and the Caribbean, 1990-2019

• Main Authors: Rocío Sáenz (Author), Gustavo Nigenda (Author), Ingrid Gómez-Duarte (Author), Karol Rojas (Author), Arachu Castro (Author), Edson Serván-Mori (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2024-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Despite the resources and personnel mobilized in Latin America and the Caribbean to reduce the maternal mortality ratio (MMR, maternal deaths per 100 000 live births) in women aged 10-54 years by 75% between 2000 and 2015, the region failed to meet the Millenium Development Goals...