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5 MDG<br />
improve maternal health<br />
KEY FACTS<br />
MDG 5 focuses on<br />
maternal health and has<br />
two targets. The first is to<br />
reduce by ¾ between 1990<br />
and 2015 the Maternal<br />
Mortality Ratio (MMR),<br />
defined as the number of<br />
deaths of women who<br />
are pregnant, giving birth,<br />
or up to 42 days postpartum,<br />
per 100,000 live<br />
births 1 . The second is to<br />
achieve universal access to<br />
reproductive health care.<br />
www.ghn.amsa.org.au<br />
20<br />
the Pains of<br />
Labour<br />
samantha<br />
sundercombet<br />
university of sydney<br />
vector FEB <strong>2011</strong>