“A new academic paper published in The Lancet Global Health provides clear evidence that the global decline in maternal deaths over the past two decades has been driven by improvements in both family planning and maternity care. The paper, ‘Effect of maternity care improvement, fertility decline, and contraceptive use on global maternal mortality reduction between 2000–2023: results from a decomposition analysis,’ re-analysed data from 195 countries and territories to examine the relative contributions of maternity care and family planning on global maternal mortality. Overall global maternity mortality declined by 41% between 2000 and 2023.”
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