A year ago the United Nations held a meeting in which they disscussed a plan to decrease the deaths of women and children in childbirth. The goal that was set for this project is to save 16 million lives by the year 2015. 44 of the world's poorest countries had trouble dealing with this project because it calls for funds. After a year of observations it has been reported by The Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (PMNCH) that there has been progress in the worst affected countries. Many of the countries have had made major changes to help with these steps to improve the health of women and children. Some have made family planning more accessible to women. Also, some countries have made healthcare free for pregnant women and have hired more skilled deliverers. The United Nations has stated that while these steps are proving improvements other things such as education, nutrition, and water quality will have to be improved.
I believe that this is a great plan for the United Nations to be taking apart of. The deaths of women and children from childbirth is a major issue in the world. Making these improvements will help decrease the child mortality rate and will be beneficial for the countries. The only issue with this plan is that it costs a lot of money to make these projects happen which will hurt the poorer countries. There needs to be a way to have funds collected over time so that these countries can make the neccessary changes.
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