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Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
Achieve universal primary education
Promote gender equality and empower women
Reduce child mortality
>>Improve maternal health
Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases
Ensure environmental sustainability
Develop a global partnership for development

Improve maternal health


TARGETS
INDICATORS
Reduce by three-quarters, between 1990 and 2015, the maternal mortality ratio.
  • Maternal mortality ratio
  • Proportion of births attended by skilled health personnel


See ADB's Key Indicators 2003 for the most recent status of this goal in ADB's developing member countries.
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