health MDGs are off track. Despite slow progress, maternal health indicators have improved: maternal mortality has declined … by over half in 20 years. A half of deliveries has been provided by skilled health personnel. Disparities exist in access …

the Maldives to 1.2 billion in India. The economies range from fragile and low-income to middle-income countries. SAR … experienced 20 years of robust economic growth, averaging 6 percent a year. Growth resulted in declining poverty and impressive …

Maldives, a middle income country, is on track to meet most of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), while gender … gap requires attention. Maldives has made great progress in improving maternal health and has achieved MDG. The total …. Skilled birth attendance is high at 95 percent. Access to maternal health services is fairly equitable by residence and wealth …

Sri Lanka is an island nation with a population of 20 million. In 2012, per capita income was US $2,923. From 2003 to …

China has made great progress in improving maternal and child health (MCH). It reduced maternal deaths from 1,500 per …

impressive decline going from 142 to 42 deaths per 1,000 births between 1990 and 2012. This Health, Nutrition, and Population …

Egypt is a lower-middle-income country with a GNI per capita (PPP) of US$ 5,654 in 2012. Since the Arab Spring, Egypt …?s economic growth has slowed to 0.6 percent in 2012. Half of Egypt?s 82.54 million people live in rural areas. Poverty is … concentrated in Upper Egypt (the southern region). As of 2009, 43.7 percent of Upper Egypt?s rural population was living in poverty …

Malawi has made great progress in improving maternal and child health (MCH). Under-five mortality declined from 244 to … maternal mortality, focusing on policies and programs implemented since the 1990?s. Malawi is a low-income country with a per … of 15.3 million is under age 14 and the majority live in rural areas. Poverty is high with 62 percent living on less than …