Article: WORLD BANK: Statement by World Bank VP for Human DeDevelopment, Eduardo Doryan on safe motherhood.

M2 PRESSWIRE-29 October 1999-WORLD BANK: Statement by World Bank Vice-President for Human Development, Eduardo Doryan on safe motherhood (C)1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD

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Just over a year ago, our agencies met in Washington to take stock of our joint efforts to reduce the high maternal mortality and morbidity that afflicts poor women around the world. Today, we are releasing a joint statement on how we will coordinate our actions to promote safe motherhood.

We hope with this statement to call the world's attention to a health care crisis that many people do not know about,

-- a crisis that need not exist;

-- a ...

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