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Maternal Mortality

An estimated 289,000 women died in 2013 due to complications in pregnancy and childbirth, down from 523,000 in 1990.

An estimated 289 000 women died in 2013 due to complications in pregnancy and childbirth, down from 523 000 in 1990.
more than 1 in 4 maternal deaths are caused by pre-existing medical conditions such as diabetes, HIV, malaria and obesity, whose health impacts can all be aggravated by pregnancy.
- A related WHO study of causes of more than 60 000 maternal deaths in 115 countries caused 28% of the deaths.
similar to the proportion of deaths during pregnancy and childbirth from severe bleeding.

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The World Health Organization says polio has re-emerged as a public health emergency. Polio Virus
Trisomy 21 Genome-wide Effects
RIKEN Panel Finds Misconduct in Reprogrammed Stem Cell Papers press release April 1, 2014 | Science April 2014

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-The World Health Organization says polio has re-emerged as a public health emergency.
+| An estimated 289,000 women died in 2013 due to complications in pregnancy and childbirth, down from 523,000 in 1990.
+* An estimated 289 000 women died in 2013 due to complications in pregnancy and childbirth, down from 523 000 in 1990.
+* more than 1 in 4 maternal deaths are caused by pre-existing medical conditions such as diabetes, HIV, malaria and obesity, whose health impacts can all be aggravated by pregnancy.
+** A related WHO study of causes of more than 60 000 maternal deaths in 115 countries caused 28% of the deaths.
+* similar to the proportion of deaths during pregnancy and childbirth from severe bleeding.
-'''1988''' - virus was endemic in 125 countries, and 350,000 cases were recorded worldwide.
+[[Statistics - Maternal Mortality]]
-'''2014''' - virus is considered endemic in only three countries: Afghanistan, Nigeria and Pakistan (2013 only 417 cases detected). Currently affects 10 countries worldwide.
-(More?  [[Abnormal Development - Polio Virus|Polio Virus]] | [http://www.who.int/topics/poliomyelitis/en WHO - Polio])
 [[Template_talk:Main_Page_News|Older News Articles]]
+* The World Health Organization says polio has re-emerged as a public health emergency.  [[Abnormal Development - Polio Virus|Polio Virus]]
 * Trisomy 21 [[Template_talk:Main_Page_News#March|Genome-wide Effects]]
 * RIKEN Panel Finds Misconduct in Reprogrammed Stem Cell Papers  [http://www.riken.jp/en/pr/press/2014/20140401_2/RIKEN press release April 1, 2014] | [http://news.sciencemag.org/asiapacific/2014/04/riken-panel-finds-misconduct-reprogrammed-stem-cell-papers Science April 2014]
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