Every two minutes, one woman dies during pregnancy and birth: we are failing mothers

Rikke Damkjær Maimburg; Eugene Declercq; Joan Combellick

doi:10.1016/j.srhc.2025.101104

Every two minutes, one woman dies during pregnancy and birth: we are failing mothers

Rikke Damkjær Maimburg
, Eugene Declercq
, Joan Combellick

Aarhus University
University College of Northern Denmark
Boston University
Yale University

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Maternal mortality remains unacceptably high globally with 260.000 women dying annually or around 700 every day due to complications related to pregnancy and birth. Sexual and reproductive health rights are an essential component of universal health coverage; however, many are still denied these basic rights and they are unequally distributed between countries and within countries.

Original language	English
Article number	101104
Number of pages	2
Journal	Sexual and Reproductive HealthCare
Volume	44
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.srhc.2025.101104
Publication status	Published - Jun 2025
Externally published	Yes

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