Millennium Development Goal 5
Target 5.A: reduce the maternal mortality ratio by three quarters between 1990 and 2015
Indicators associated to Target 5.A
5.1 Maternal mortality ratio
The 2005 estimates of maternal mortality provide an up-to-date indication of the extent of the maternal mortality problem globally and its evolution since 1990. They strongly indicate a need for both, improved action for maternal mortality reduction and increased efforts for the generation of robust data to provide better estimates in the future.
- Trends in maternal mortality: 1990 to 2008
- Maternal mortality in 2005
- Maternal mortality in 2000
- Maternal mortality in 1995
5.2 Proportion of deliveries attended by skilled health personnel
The estimates for the first time analysed the changes in maternal deaths between 1990 and 2005, demonstrating slow and uneven progress towards achievement of the first target (to reduce maternal mortality ratio by three quarters, between 1990 and 2015) of the fifth Millennium Development Goal (MDG).
