While reading the Millennium Goals, goal five stood out the most to me. Goal five is about Maternal Morality and it states that in 1990 there were 400 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births. In comparison, to 210 deaths in 2010 meaning "Globally, maternal morality has declined by 47 percent over the last two decades". This morality can be prevented with "adequate nutrition, proper health care, including access to family planning, the presence of a skilled birth attendant during delivery and emergency obstetric care". I was interested in this goal because I believe every life is born and given for a reason. These new lives that women are bringing into this world everyday should be valued; not at just the moment when they're brought into this world, but since they were a fetus. Maternal Morality cannot only be prevented from what the government can offer, but from the parents nurturing properly as well. I feel like parents of all ages need to be aware of what they could possibly be putting their baby at risk of.
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