08Apr 2025
India Ranks Second in Global Maternal Deaths Report
Why in the News ? The UN’s 2023 maternal mortality report revealed India recorded 19,000 maternal deaths—second only to Nigeria. Despite improvement in its maternal mortality ratio, India, along with three other nations, accounted for nearly half of all global maternal deaths. Global Trends in Maternal Mortality: The UN Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group released …
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