Progress and challenges in maternal health in western China: a Countdown to 2015 national case study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

China is one of the few Countdown countries to have achieved Millennium Development Goal 5 (75% reduction in maternal mortality ratio between 1990 and 2015). We aimed to examine the health systems and contextual factors that might have contributed to the substantial decline in maternal mortality between 1997 and 2014. We chose to focus on western China because poverty, ethnic diversity, and geographical access represent particular challenges to ensuring universal access to maternal care in the region.

Methods

In this systematic assessment, we used data from national census reports, National Statistical Yearbooks, the National Maternal and Child Health Routine Reporting System, the China National Health Accounts report, and National Health Statistical Yearbooks to

SUBMITTER: Gao Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5387688 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature