{"id":359765,"date":"2026-04-02T17:22:49","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T11:52:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=359765"},"modified":"2026-04-02T17:22:49","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T11:52:49","slug":"maternal-mortality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/maternal-mortality\/","title":{"rendered":"Maternal Mortality"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News:<\/strong> A recent Lancet study highlights slowing progress in reducing Maternal Mortality Ratio and challenges in achieving the SDG 2030 target.<\/p>\n<h2>About Maternal Mortality<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_359766\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-359766\" style=\"width: 475px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-359766\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Source-ToI.jpg?resize=475%2C288&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Maternal Mortality\u00a0\" width=\"475\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Source-ToI.jpg?resize=300%2C182&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Source-ToI.jpg?resize=1024%2C622&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Source-ToI.jpg?resize=768%2C467&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Source-ToI.jpg?w=1425&amp;ssl=1 1425w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-359766\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source &#8211; ToI<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Maternal Mortality Ratio:<\/strong> It refers to the <strong>number of maternal deaths per 100,000 live births <\/strong>in a given time period.<\/li>\n<li><strong>India<\/strong> aims to <strong>reduce<\/strong> <strong>Maternal Mortality Ratio<\/strong> to <strong>below 70 deaths per one lakh live births by 2030<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Maternal Mortality Ratio Trend (Global)<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Global burden:<\/strong> Total maternal deaths were <strong>4 lakh in 2023<\/strong>, showing a high global burden.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Target achievement:<\/strong> <strong>100 out of 204 countries<\/strong> achieved MMR below 70 by 2023, indicating partial success.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Uneven progress:<\/strong> <strong>73 countries still have MMR above 140<\/strong>, highlighting serious gaps.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Developing regions:<\/strong> Majority of <strong>deaths<\/strong> occur in developing regions due to inequality in healthcare access.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Maternal Mortality Ratio Trend (India):<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Long-term decline:<\/strong> Maternal deaths reduced from <strong>19 lakh in 1990 to 24,700 in 2023<\/strong>, showing strong improvement.<\/li>\n<li><strong>MMR reduction:<\/strong> MMR declined from <strong>508 (1990) to 116 (2023)<\/strong>, reflecting nearly <strong>80% reduction<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Recent trend:<\/strong> As per SRS, MMR declined from <strong>122 (2015-17) to 88 (2021-23)<\/strong>, but progress has slowed.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Global share:<\/strong> India accounts for <strong>one-tenth of global maternal deaths<\/strong>, indicating a significant burden.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Regional disparity:<\/strong> States like <strong>Assam and Uttar Pradesh<\/strong> continue to pull down national performance.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: A recent Lancet study highlights slowing progress in reducing Maternal Mortality Ratio and challenges in achieving the SDG 2030 target. About Maternal Mortality Maternal Mortality Ratio: It refers to the number of maternal deaths per 100,000 live births in a given time period. India aims to reduce Maternal Mortality Ratio to below 70 deaths&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/maternal-mortality\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Maternal Mortality<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10393,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,3127,1305,12039],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-359765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-economy","category-index-reports-bodies","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359765","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10393"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=359765"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359765\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=359765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=359765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=359765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}