[afro-nets] Universal Access to Reproductive Health Key to Eliminating Poverty

["Claudio Schuftan" <claudio@hcmc.netnam.vn>]

Universal Access to Reproductive Health Key to Eliminating Poverty
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Cross-posted from: marcybloom@comcast.net

The international reproductive health community celebrated last week when the United Nations General Assembly endorsed a new target-universal access to reproductive health by 2015-under Millennium Development Goal 5, the reduction of maternal mortality by three quarters. By including this new target, the world takes a giant step towards reducing the devastatingly high level of maternal mortality. 

Get the facts at:
http://www.populationaction.org/news/views/2006/10_10_RHTarget.htm 

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Claudio Schuftan
mailto:claudio@hcmc.netnam.vn