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"On paper, the fifth of the Millennium Development Goals – which is to reduce maternal mortality by 75% between now and 2015 – was clearly one of the most achievable targets.
massive investment in human resources in the area of health care.
In fact this was the one that fell most behind schedule. Here is a damning fact: in sub-Saharan Africa one woman in 16 dies in childbirth. This figure has hardly changed in 20 years.
Where else on the planet could you find such a dramatic imbalance as this in the area of human health? What is more, when the mother dies the child is 10 times more likely to die too.
In our all-out efforts to achieve the MDGs we therefore need to pay special attention to number 5.
The G8 itself has finally got the message. At its last meeting in Japan it adopted a ‘health package’ aimed at recruiting and training 1 million health professionals for Africa so that 80% of mothers will have support during childbirth.
The ball is now in the EU’s court.
The Community needs to act simultaneously and with real substance in several directions:
information and education for women
strengthening of public health systems in the countries of the south"@en1
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