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Targeting Poverty and Gender Inequality to Improve
Maternal Health
Silvia Paruzzolo, Rekha Mehra, Aslihan Kes,
Charles Ashbaugh
2010
Hundreds of thousands of women die every year in
childbirth or from pregnancy-related causes. Virtually all of these maternal
deaths occur in poor countries. In order to reduce maternal deaths and improve
the overall life chances of poor mothers, policy and programs must address
poverty and gender inequality, two inter-related, root causes of maternal
death.
This paper examines the ways in which poverty and gender inequality impact maternal mortality by creating barriers to maternal healthcare access and utilization. It also analyzes strategies designed to increase utilization to identify best practices.
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