London, UK, 15 November, 2007 – Reproductive Health Matters and Elsevier are pleased to announce the publication of the November Issue devoted to the celebration of the twentieth anniversary of the Safe Motherhood Initiative launched by the World Health Organization in 1987. The November issue responds to the question – Is Pregnancy Getting Safer for Women"
The answer is yes − and no.
The November issue contains numerous articles on women’s health and safe motherhood in the developing world. It analyses and answers pressing questions, such as:
Twenty years after the launch of the Safe Motherhood Initiative, even though the rate of deaths has gone down − an improvement − the number of women dying – an estimated 536,000 in 2003 − remains unacceptably high. In many countries in the world, maternal death continues to be the major cause of death among women of reproductive age.
This issue of RHM is available at http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/09688080
About Reproductive Health Matters
Reproductive Health Matters ( http://www.rhmjournal.org ) is a twice yearly peer-reviewed international journal and offers analysis of reproductive health matters from a women-centred perspective, written by and for women’s health advocates, researchers, service providers, policy makers and those in related fields with an interest in women’s health. Its aim is to promote laws, policies, research and services that meet women’s reproductive health needs and support women’s right to decide whether, when and how to have children.
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