Archive: Thu May 2011

By: Dr. Ann Blanc, Director, MHTF; Tim Thomas, Senior Advisor, MHTF Over the nine months of their internships, the Young Champions of Maternal Health have forged a steadfast bond. Facebook has been their friend, and they’re not letting go of the…

Although the maternal mortality ratio (MMR) in Nepal is still high (380 maternal deaths per 100,000 lives birth), the country has seen a 56% drop in MMR since 1990, according to last year’s United Nations Inter-Agency estimates. However, only 19%…