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Urgent: Maternal mortality falls by nearly half in 25 years -- UN

Xinhua, November 12, 2015 Adjust font size:

Deaths of women from pregnancy-related causes have fallen by nearly half across the world in the past 25 years, but only nine countries have achieved the targets set by the United Nations, the United Nations said here on Thursday. Endi