Rural maternal mortality ratio in China
A recent letter to The Lancet1 drew attention to Chinese achievements with regard - to Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) 4 and 5. The wide wealth and health disparities, - including in maternal survival, in China, linked both to the urban-rural divide and - to the east-west divide, have been noted...
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| Format: | Article (Journal) Editorial |
| Language: | English |
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August 2014
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The lancet. Global health
Year: 2014, Volume: 2, Issue: 8, Pages: e451-e452 |
| ISSN: | 2214-109X |
| DOI: | 10.1016/S2214-109X(14)70232-3 |
| Online Access: | Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(14)70232-3 Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/langlo/article/PIIS2214-109X(14)70232-3/abstract 
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| Author Notes: | Hua You, Lennart Bogg, Ayesha De Costa, Hengjin Dong |
| Summary: | A recent letter to The Lancet1 drew attention to Chinese achievements with regard - to Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) 4 and 5. The wide wealth and health disparities, - including in maternal survival, in China, linked both to the urban-rural divide and - to the east-west divide, have been noted many times.2,3 Here we draw attention to - the closing gap between urban and rural maternal mortality ratio (MMR), both in terms - of the drivers behind the dramatic drop in rural maternal mortality and the surprising - lack of improvement in urban maternal mortality. |
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| Item Description: | Gesehen am 21.09.2020 |
| Physical Description: | Online Resource |
| ISSN: | 2214-109X |
| DOI: | 10.1016/S2214-109X(14)70232-3 |