WHO spotlights maternal health before UN High Level Event

2 September 2008, Geneva - Progress to reduce deaths of women in pregnancy and childbirth is now far behind the target set in the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Reinvigorated global action to reach the MDGs will be the spotlight of a UN High -level Event in New York on 25 September. Read the latest about maternal health worldwide in a new fact file issued by WHO.