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ACOG's Office of Global Women's Health has expanded its efforts greatly in the last few years, as it aims to improve maternal mortality and morbidity worldwide and develop and support critical ob-gyn training.

he African Union Commission initiated the Campaign on Accelerated Reduction of Maternal Mortality in Africa (CARMMA) in recognition of the daunting challenge of reducing maternal mortality in most African countries by 75 per cent compared to figures for 1990, by 2015, as recommended in Millennium Development Goal 5. The campaign is supported by UNFPA, the WHO and UNICEF.

The Innovating for Maternal and Child Health in Africa program seeks to improve maternal, newborn and child health (MNCH) outcomes by strengthening health systems to become more equitable.

Articles, videos, podcasts and reports about Millennium Development Goal 5

Interact Worldwide has worked in partnership with local organisations in Malawi to ensure people from poor, rural communities can access mother and newborn health services

This video shows a snapshot of what has been achieved so far for each Millennium Development Goal and what still needs to be done before 2015. Move through the video to find statistics for individual Millennium Development Goal.

Scroll to the bottom of the paged to find the MDG Progress Chart 2014 which presents an assessment of the regional progress towards selected key targets relating to each Goal as of June 2014.