Even if maternal deaths have decreased at the global level, many women continue to die due to pregnancy- and childbirth-related causes, especially in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). The World Health Organization (WHO) estimated that in 2015, about 99% of maternal deaths worldwide we...
3.3.2. Increasing women's access to health services Women's and girl's low social status and their lack of empowerment impact on their health and well-being (WHO Commission on Social Determinants of Health, 2008, WHO, 2009). In Odisha, the NFHS-3 (2005–06) found that 42% of women ...