Draft Communique From the Ending Preventable Maternal Mortality Working Group Outcomes of a Meeting on Targets and Strategies for Ending Preventable Maternal Mortality
The goal of ending preventable maternal mortality (EPMM) is within reach but progress needs to be accelerated, and maternal survival positioned in the context of every woman’s right to healthcare and the highest attainable level of health across the lifespan. This goal must be supported by a target and strategies to ensure that maternal health , along with sexual and re productive health, as well as newborn and child survival, continue to be a development priority post 2015.