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Maternal Health is a political issue

Issue linked to poverty and human rights

Lynn Freedman from Columbia University argues that maternal health is the most important Millennium Development goal - if its unsuccessful the other goals will fail with it. She believes that the maternal health system is a broken system as a result of global dynamics and urgent action is needed.
 
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