Article: U.S.-HEALTH: MATERNAL MORTALITY RATES RANK 41ST OUT OF 171.

By Haider Rizvi

UNITED NATIONS, Oct. 13, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- Despite its enormous wealth and highly advanced technology, the United States lags far behind other industrialized countries -- and even some developing ones -- in providing adequate health care to women during pregnancy and childbirth.

The U.S. ranks 41st in a new analysis of maternal mortality rates in 171 countries released by a group of U.N. public health experts on Friday. The survey shows that even South Korea is ahead of the United States.

"Women are unnecessarily dying from pregnancy and childbirth complications because the U.S. is moving in a wrong direction," said Beneva ...

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