MDGs 4 and 5 : Maternal and Child Health/Reproductive Health in LAC

The Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region fares well on achievement of the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) targets when compared with other regions, but the region has great disparities between and within countries on these goals. The region is also performing better than the rest of the developing world in relation to child mortality, having achieved more than 70 percent of the progress needed to reduce under-five mortality by two-thirds. However LAC still faces serious challenges regarding maternal mortality, achieving good public and individual health and alleviating poverty. For LAC, the MDGs are a historic opportunity to address all forms of inequality and attain the political will needed to achieve these goals.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Gordillo-Tobar, Amparo
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012-06
Subjects:	ACCESS TO CONTRACEPTION, ADOLESCENTS, BABIES, BIRTHS, BREAST, BREAST CANCER, CAPITATION, CHILD CARE, CHILD HEALTH, CHILD MORTALITY, CHILDBIRTH, COMPLICATIONS OF PREGNANCY, CONTRACEPTIVE METHODS, CONTRACEPTIVES, DELIVERY CARE, DIARRHEA, FAMILY HEALTH, GENDER, HEALTH CARE, HEALTH CARE DELIVERY, HEALTH CARE NETWORKS, HEALTH INSURANCE, HEALTH ORGANIZATION, HEALTH SYSTEM, HEALTH SYSTEM STRENGTHENING, HIV/AIDS, HOME CARE, ILLNESSES, IMMUNIZATION, INCOME, INFANT MORTALITY, INFANT MORTALITY RATE, INFANTS, INSURANCE, LIVE BIRTHS, MALARIA, MARITAL STATUS, MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH, MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH CARE, MATERNAL DEATH, MATERNAL DEATHS, MATERNAL HEALTH, MATERNAL MORTALITY, MATERNAL MORTALITY RATIO, MCH, MORTALITY, MORTALITY RATE, MOTHER, MOTHERS, NEONATAL CARE, NEONATAL MORTALITY, NUTRITION, NUTRITION PROGRAMS, POSTPARTUM PERIOD, PREGNANCIES, PREGNANCY, PROBABILITY, PUBLIC HEALTH, REPRODUCTIVE AGE, REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH, REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE, REPRODUCTIVE YEARS, RISK OF DEATH, SEPSIS, SEXUALLY ACTIVE, TEEN PREGNANCY, TREATMENT OF COMPLICATIONS, UNDER FIVE MORTALITY, UNDER-FIVE MORTALITY, UNINTENDED PREGNANCIES, UNMARRIED WOMEN, VACCINATION, WOMAN, YOUNG WOMEN,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/06/16750701/mdgs-4-5-maternal-child-healthreproductive-health-lac https://hdl.handle.net/10986/12418
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